Getting a measure of nature: Cultures and values in an ecosystem services approach

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-262

  Hodgson, Susan M ^a   Maltby, Lorraine ^a   Paetzold, Achim ^a   Phillips, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; RESEARCH PROCESS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

RESEARCH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 35448949102     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801807X211739     Document Type: Article

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