Facing uncertainty in ecosystem services-based resource management

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Grêt Regamey, Adrienne ^a   Brunner, Sibyl H ^a   Altwegg, Jürg ^a   Bebi, Peter ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Ecosystem services; Forest management; Mapping; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIA N NETWORKS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MODELING UNCERTAINTIES; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SERVICE-BASED; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY MODELS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; MAPPING; MOUNTAIN; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AVALANCHE; BAYES THEOREM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CASE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

BAYESIAN NETWORK; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; RISK; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84881660708     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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