Does it make economic sense to restore rivers for their ecosystem services?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 988-997

  Acuña, Vicenç ^a   Díez, José Ramón ^b   Flores, Lorea ^b   Meleason, Mark ^c   Elosegi, Arturo ^b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Ecosystem processes; Fish biology; Restoration; Riparian forest; Stream ecology; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEAD WOOD; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST FLOOR; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WOODY DEBRIS;

EID: 84880328360     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12107     Document Type: Article

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