Research needs for incorporating the ecosystem service approach into EU biodiversity conservation policy

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2979-2994

  Anton, Christian ^a,m   Young, Juliette ^b   Harrison, Paula A ^c   Musche, Martin ^a   Bela, Györgyi ^g   Feld, Christian K ^d   Harrington, Richard ^e   Haslett, John R ^f   Pataki, György ^g   Rounsevell, Mark D A ^h   Skourtos, Michalis ⁱ   Sousa, J Paulo ^j   Sykes, Martin T ^k   Tinch, Rob ^l   Vandewalle, Marie ^k   Watt, Allan ^b   Settele, Josef ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^g SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^k LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l Median SCP   (Spain)

^m Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation policy; Ecosystem services; Indicators; Knowledge base; Research priorities; Valuation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 77955555757     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9853-6     Document Type: Article

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