Where is the consensus? A proposed foundation for moving ecosystem service concepts into practice

Ecological Economics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-35

  Nahlik, Amanda M ^a   Kentula, Mary E ^a   Fennessy, M Siobhan ^b   Landers, Dixon H ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficiaries; Classification; Definition; Final Ecosystem Goods and Services (FEGS); Frameworks; Implementation plan

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84860290693     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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