Sensitivity analysis of ecosystem service valuation in a Mediterranean watershed

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 440, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-153

  Sánchez Canales, María ^a   López Benito, Alfredo ^a   Passuello, Ana ^b   Terrado, Marta ^c   Ziv, Guy ^d   Acuña, Vicenç ^c   Schuhmacher, Marta ^b   Elorza, F Javier ^a  

^a Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; InVEST model; Llobregat River basin; Mediterranean area; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CATALONIA , SPAIN; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; INTEGRATED MODELLING; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; LLOBREGAT RIVER; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODEL RESPONSE; MORRIS METHOD; NATURAL CAPITAL; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; OUTPUT VARIABLES; PRODUCTION LEVEL; SCREENING METHODS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SENSITIVITY INDICES; SUBMODULES;

CONSERVATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAKEHOLDER; WATERSHED;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 84869096562     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.071     Document Type: Article

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