Finding common ground for biodiversity and ecosystem services

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-507

  Reyers, Belinda ^a,b   Polasky, Stephen ^c   Tallis, Heather ^d   Mooney, Harold A ^d   Larigauderie, Anne ^e  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Economic value; Intrinsic value; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860769717     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.5.12     Document Type: Article

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