The impact of land use/land cover change on ecosystem services in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-54

  Tolessa, Terefe ^a,b   Senbeta, Feyera ^a   Kidane, Moges ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b AMBO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Chillimo; Ecosystem service; Land use land cover; Landscape change; Livelihood; Payment for ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002410915     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.11.010     Document Type: Article

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