Mountain ecosystem services: Who cares?

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Grêt Regamey, Adrienne ^a   Brunner, Sibyl Hanna ^a   Kienast, Felix ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; global mapping; Mountains; review

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECADAL VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOUNTAIN REGION; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84857274515     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00115.S1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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