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Ecosystem services from woody vegetation on agricultural lands in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa

2015-02-01

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Investment in woody vegetation to counter land degradation and improve livelihoods is increasing, primarily revitalized by efforts to enhance carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation. Sudano-Sahelian West Africa is in focus for several interventions to increase woody vegetation for improved livelihoods. However, the knowledge on how woody vegetation maintains landscape productivity and contributes to liv...

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Literature Corpus work: 5bfb64ca-9667-53b4-8836-9bf954b08c89
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.11.009

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