Ecosystem services associated with a mosaic of alternative states in a Mediterranean wetland: Case study of the Doñana marsh (southwestern Spain);Services écosystémiques associés á une mosaïque d'états alternatifs dans une zone humide méditerranéenne: Étude de cas du marais de Doñana (sud-ouest de l'Espagne)

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1374-1387

  Gómez Baggethun, Erik ^a,b   Alcorlo, Paloma ^b   Montes, Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

alternative stable states; Do ana Natural Area; ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; marshes; regime shifts; submerged macrophytes

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MARSHES; NATURAL AREAS; REGIME SHIFT; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTES;

BIODIVERSITY; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT MOSAIC; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; NATIONAL PARK; WETLAND;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

EID: 84858212905     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.631495     Document Type: Article

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