Defining and classifying ecosystem services for decision making

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-653

  Fisher, Brendan ^a   Turner, R Kerry ^a   Morling, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem benefits; Ecosystem services; Environmental decision making; Human welfare; Millennium Assessment

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 57149107777     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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