Spatial assessment of ecosystem goods and services in complex production landscapes: A case study from south-eastern Australia

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-45

  Baral, Himlal ^a   Keenan, Rodney J ^b   Fox, Julian C ^a   Stork, Nigel E ^c   Kasel, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon; Land use change; Mapping; Trade offs; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873750605     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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