Assessing the ecosystem services supplied by freshwater flows in Mediterranean agroecosystems

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 105, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-31

  Willaarts, Bárbara A ^a   Volk, Martin ^b   Aguilera, Pedro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Blue water; GIS based Hydrologic Modeling; Green water; Hydrologic ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; BLUE WATER; GIS-BASED HYDROLOGIC MODELING; GREEN WATER; HYDROLOGIC ECOSYSTEM SERVICES;

FORESTRY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFITABILITY; TIMBER; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GIS; HOT SPOT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; TERRITORY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GIS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDITERRANEAN; PROFITABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANDALUCIA; SEVILLA; SIERRA NORTE NATURAL PARK; SPAIN;

EID: 84856977149     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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