Bundling ecosystem services in the Panama Canal watershed

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 9326-9331

  Simonit, Silvio ^a   Perrings, Charles ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseflow; Evapotranspiration; Water regulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; SEASON; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

BASEFLOW; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATER-REGULATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PANAMA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84878742495     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112242110     Document Type: Article

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