Exploring the ecological constraints to multiple ecosystem service delivery and biodiversity

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 561-571

  Maskell, Lindsay C ^a   Crowe, Andrew ^b   Dunbar, Michael J ^a,c   Emmett, Bridget ^a   Henrys, Peter ^a   Keith, Aidan M ^a   Norton, Lisa R ^a   Scholefield, Paul ^a   Clark, Douglas B ^a   Simpson, Ian C ^a   Smart, Simon M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Countryside Survey; Landscape; Pollination; Productivity; Soil carbon; Trade offs; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NECTAR; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-OFF; WATER QUALITY;

APOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878184410     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12085     Document Type: Article

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