What are ecosystem services? The need for standardized environmental accounting units

Ecological Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 616-626

  Boyd, James ^b   Banzhaf, Spencer ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Energy and Natural Resources Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Environmental accounting; Index theory; Nonmarket valuation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; VALUATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 34250370909     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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