A conceptual framework to assess the effects of environmental change on ecosystem services

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2823-2842

  Rounsevell, M D A ^a   Dawson, T P ^b   Harrison, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DPSIR; Drivers and pressures; Ecosystem services; Environmental change; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MITIGATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 77955550655     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9838-5     Document Type: Article

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