Scale and ecological dependence of ecosystem services evaluation: Spatial extension and economic value of freshwater ecosystems in Italy

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-263

  Di Sabatino, Antonio ^a   Coscieme, Luca ^b   Vignini, Patrizia ^a   Cicolani, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CORINE land cover; Ecosystem services; Freshwaters; GIS; Italy; Spatial extension

Indexed keywords

CORINE LAND COVER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FRESH WATER; ITALY; SPATIAL EXTENSION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOME; BUFFER ZONE; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYDROGRAPHY; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM;

ITALY;

EID: 84876932740     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.034     Document Type: Article

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