The critical natural capital of ecosystem performance as insurance for human well-being

Ecological Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 205-217

  Deutsch, Lisa ^a   Folke, Carl ^a   Skånberg, Kristian ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Natl Institute of Economic Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical natural capital; Ecosystem functions; Ecosystem performance; Environmental indicators; Resilience; Sink; Source; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0037348349     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00274-4     Document Type: Article

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