Biological diversity, ecosystems, and the human scale

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1018-1024

  Folke, Carl ^a,b   Holling, C S ^c   Perrings, Charles ^d  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological diversity, conservation of; Critical ecosystem processes; Disturbance, capacity to buffer; Ecological services, maintenance of; Ecosystem function and resilience; Functional diversity; Market externalities; Multiple equilibria

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HUMAN SOCIETY; MAN-ENVIROMMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0030434622     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269584     Document Type: Article

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