The role of forest provisioning ecosystem services in coping with household stresses and shocks in Miombo woodlands, Zambia

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-148

  Kalaba, Felix Kanungwe ^a,b   Quinn, Claire Helen ^b   Dougill, Andrew John ^b  

^a Marketing and Strategy   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Ecosystem services; Livelihoods; Miombo woodlands; Shocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884590716     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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