Linking vegetation type and condition to ecosystem goods and services

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-301

  Yapp, Graham ^a   Walker, Joe ^b   Thackway, Richard ^c  

^a GeoRIA Associates Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Ecosystem services; Landscape; Multiple benefits; Structural classification; Trade offs; Vegetation condition; Vegetation management; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955346389     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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