Assessing ecosystem health

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 397-402

  Rapport, D J ^a   Costanza, R ^b   McMichael, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

AIR QUALITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031716273     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01449-9     Document Type: Review

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