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Research Paper

The use and value of wild harvested provisioning ecosystem services along a landscape heterogeneity gradient in rural South Africa

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Pages 616-629 | Received 05 Apr 2022, Accepted 21 Oct 2022, Published online: 02 Nov 2022

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