Towards an integrated model of socioeconomic biodiversity drivers, pressures and impacts. A feasibility study based on three European long-term socio-ecological research platforms

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1797-1812

  Haberl, Helmut ^a   Gaube, Veronika ^a   Díaz Delgado, Ricardo ^b   Krauze, Kinga ^c   Neuner, Angelika ^d   Peterseil, Johannes ^d   Plutzar, Christoph ^e   Singh, Simron J ^a   Vadineanu, Angheluta ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^e VINCA Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP); Long term socio ecological research (LTSER); Pressures on biodiversity; Socioeconomic drivers; Socioeconomic metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVESTMENT; MODELING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ANDALUCIA; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE DELTA; DONANA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOWER AUSTRIA; MOSTVIERTEL-EISENWURZEN; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 62649165866     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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