Linkages among water vapor flows, food production, and terrestrial ecosystem services

Ecology and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Rockström, Johan ^a,b   Gordon, Line ^b   Folke, Carl ^b,c,f   Falkenmark, Malin ^d,e   Engwall, Maria ^b  

^a RELMA   (Kenya)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Natural Research Council   (Sweden)

^e Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)   (Sweden)

^f ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Ecohydrological landscape; Evapotranspiration; Food production; Freshwater management; Global freshwater assessment; Resilience; Terrestrial ecosystem services; Trade offs; Water use efficiency; Water vapor flows

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249086291     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00142-030205     Document Type: Article

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