Recognising the complexities of ecosystem management and the ecosystem service concept

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-221

  Ghazoul, Jaboury ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Almonds; Conservation; Crop production; Decision making; Ecosystem services; Ethics; Integrated conservation and development projects; Opportunity costs; Pollination; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148877375     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.16.3.13     Document Type: Article

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