International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Typology of coffee-based agroforestry systems in the semi-deciduous forest zone of Togo (West Africa)

Donko Koudzo Koda
  • Donko Koudzo Koda
  • WASCAL Graduate Research Program on Climate Change and Biodiversity, University Felix Houphouët-Boigny, BP 165, Abidjan 31, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Mamadou Chérif
  • Mamadou Chérif
  • UFR Biosciences, University Felix Houphouët-Boigny, 22BP 78 Abidjan 22, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Kossi Adjossou
  • Kossi Adjossou
  • Department of Botany, Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, University of Lomé, 01BP 1515, Lomé, Togo.
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Kossi Béssan Amégnaglo
  • Kossi Béssan Amégnaglo
  • Department of Botany, Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, University of Lomé, 01BP 1515, Lomé, Togo.
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Badabate Diwediga
  • Badabate Diwediga
  • Department of Botany, Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, University of Lomé, 01BP 1515, Lomé, Togo.
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Kodjovi Mawuégnigan Léonard Agbodan
  • Kodjovi Mawuégnigan Léonard Agbodan
  • Department of Botany, Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, University of Lomé, 01BP 1515, Lomé, Togo.
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Atsu Kudzo Guelly
  • Atsu Kudzo Guelly
  • Department of Botany, Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, University of Lomé, 01BP 1515, Lomé, Togo.
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  •  Received: 29 March 2019
  •  Accepted: 14 May 2019
  •  Published: 31 July 2019

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