Quantifying the contribution of organisms to the provision of ecosystem services

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-235

  Luck, Gary W ^a   Harrington, Richard ^b   Harrison, Paula A ^c   Kremen, Claire ^d   Berry, Pam M ^c   Bugter, Rob ^e   Dawson, Terence R ^f   De Bello, Francesco ^g   Diaz, Sandra ^h   Feld, Christian K ⁱ   Haslett, John R ^j   Hering, Daniel ⁱ   Kontogianni, Areti ^k   Lavorel, Sandra ^g   Rounsevell, Mark ^l   Samways, Michael J ^m   Sandin, Leonard ⁿ   Settele, Josef ^o   Sykes, Martin T ^p   Van Den Hove, Sybille ^q   Vandewalle, Marie ^p   Zobel, Martin ^r   more..

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^k UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^m Centre for Agricultural Biodiversity   (South Africa)

ⁿ SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^o HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^p LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem service providers; Ecosystem services; Functional diversity; Service providing units

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649779567     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.3.7     Document Type: Article

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