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Woody Species Diversity, Regeneration and Socioeconomic Benefits Under Natural Forest and Adjacent Coffee Agroforests at Belete Forest, Southwest Ethiopia Cover

Woody Species Diversity, Regeneration and Socioeconomic Benefits Under Natural Forest and Adjacent Coffee Agroforests at Belete Forest, Southwest Ethiopia

Open Access
|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2018-0029 | Journal eISSN: 1337-947X | Journal ISSN: 1335-342X
Language: English
Page range: 380 - 391
Published on: Dec 7, 2018
Published by: Institute of Landscape Ecology
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