Ecosystem services by paddy fields as substitutes of natural wetlands in Japan

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-106

  Natuhara, Yosihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Satoyama; Socio ecological production landscape

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; SATOYAMA; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES; WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOOD CONTROL; LANDSCAPE; PADDY FIELD; RECHARGE; RICE; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLAND;

JAPAN;

EID: 84878566848     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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