Ecosystem services research in Latin America: The state of the art

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-70

  Balvanera, Patricia ^a,b,c   Uriarte, María ^c   Almeida Leñero, Lucía ^d   Altesor, Alice ^e   DeClerck, Fabrice ^f   Gardner, Toby ^g   Hall, Jefferson ^h   Lara, Antonio ^i,j   Laterra, Pedro ^k   Peña Claros, Marielos ^l   Silva Matos, Dalva M ^m   Vogl, Adrian L ^b   Romero Duque, Luz Piedad ⁿ   Arreola, Luis Felipe ^a   Caro Borrero, Ángela Piedad ^d   Gallego, Federico ^e   Jain, Meha ^c   Little, Christian ^i,j   de Oliveira Xavier, Rafael ^m   Paruelo, José M ^o   Peinado, Jesús Emilio ^p   Poorter, Lourens ^l   Ascarrunz, Nataly ^q   Correa, Francisco ^r   Cunha Santino, Marcela B ^m   Hernández Sánchez, Amabel Paula ^d   Vallejos, María ^o   more..

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^f Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Services Program   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^j Fundacion Centro de los Bosques Nativos FORECOS   (Chile)

^k UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^l WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS Y AMBIENTALES   (Colombia)

^o UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^p UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^q Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^r UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDELLÍN   (Colombia)

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Author keywords

Payments for ecosystem services; Service delivery; Service supply; Service value; Tradeoffs among ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870556418     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.09.006     Document Type: Review

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