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Biodiversity in a forest-agriculture mosaic - The changing face of West African rainforests

2010-10-01

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The biodiversity of West African rainforests is globally significant but poorly described, little understood in terms of its functional significance, and under threat from forest loss and degradation. Estimates suggest that about 10 million ha of forest may have been lost in the 20th Century, and around 80% of the original forest area is now an agriculture-forest mosaic. These highly modified forests provide food,...

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Literature Corpus work: 63ad8ce2-190f-5f35-a049-58822ba36b62
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.032

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