A catchment-based approach to mapping hydrological ecosystem services using riparian habitat: A case study from the Wet Tropics, Australia

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-388

  Pert, P L ^a   Butler, J R A ^a   Brodie, J E ^a   Bruce, C ^b   Honzak M ^c   Metcalfe, D ^b   Mitchell, D ^d   Wong, G ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^d Conservation International ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

^e UNDP UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative   (Laos)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; GIS; Riparian habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955364661     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2010.05.002     Document Type: Note

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