Getting the measure of ecosystem services: A social-ecological approach

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 268-273

  Reyers, Belinda ^a,b   Biggs, Reinette ^b,c   Cumming, Graeme S ^d   Elmqvist, Thomas ^b   Hejnowicz, Adam P ^e   Polasky, Stephen ^f  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; INVESTMENT; MONITORING; POLICY APPROACH;

EID: 84878584100     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120144     Document Type: Review

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