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Table 5 Percentage of respondents citing the ecosystem services derived from the ACM. This table provides the percentage of respondents citing services specific per significant factors

From: Factors shaping local people’s perception of ecosystem services in the Atacora Chain of Mountains, a biodiversity hotspot in northern Benin

Percentage of respondents citing the services

 

Provisioning services

Supporting services

Cultural services

Factors

Grass/herbage

Quarry materials

Fuelwood

Game

Food

Medicinal plants

Soil quality

Tourism

Spiritual use

Municipality

 Tanguieta

29.2

62.5

56.3

52.1

47.9

10.4

18.8

 Natitingou

20.8

43.8

50

2.1

43.8

47.9

39.6

4.2

29.2

 Boukoumbe

35.4

62.5

18.8

58.3

62.5

70.8

45.4

Gender

 Men

23.68

23.68

56.14

8.77

43.86

54.39

64.91

0.06

36.84

 Women

20

63.33

53.33

40

3.33

6.67

Age

 Young (< 40)

9.43

28.3

32.08

5.66

30.19

30.19

18.87

9.43

11.32

 Adult (40–60)

25.3

19.28

49.4

7.23

56.63

55.42

68.67

2.41

34.94

 Old (> 60)

37.5

12.5

50

37.5