Mapping and valuing ecosystem services as an approach for conservation and natural-resource management

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1162, Issue , 2009, Pages 265-283

  Tallis, Heather ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Conservation; Poverty; Production function; Trade off; Valuation; Win win

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER MODEL; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; POLICY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RIVER;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS;

EID: 66149130379     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04152.x     Document Type: Review

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