Indicators for biodiversity and ecosystem services: Towards an improved framework for ecosystems assessment

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2895-2919

  Feld, Christian K ^a   Sousa, José Paulo ^b   da Silva, Pedro Martins ^b   Dawson, Terence P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Ecosystem assessment; Indicators; Reference condition approach; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77955553799     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9875-0     Document Type: Article

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