Natural capital, ecosystem services, and soil change: Why soil science must embrace an ecosystems approach

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Robinson, D A ^a   Hockley, N ^b   Dominati, E ^c   Lebron, I ^a   Scow, K M ^d   Reynolds, B ^a   Emmett, B A ^a   Keith, A M ^a   de Jonge, L W ^e   Schjonning P ^a   Moldrup, P ^f   Jones, S B ^g   Tuller, M ^h  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SOILS;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN WELLBEING; NATURAL CAPITAL; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; POLITICAL DECISION; RESEARCH CHALLENGES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NATURAL CAPITAL; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; SYNERGISM; TIMESCALE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 84858247341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0051     Document Type: Article

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