Notes from the field: Lessons learned from using ecosystem service approaches to inform real-world decisions

Ecological Economics

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-21

  Ruckelshaus, Mary ^a   McKenzie, Emily ^b,c   Tallis, Heather ^d   Guerry, Anne ^a   Daily, Gretchen ^e   Kareiva, Peter ^d   Polasky, Stephen ^f   Ricketts, Taylor ^g   Bhagabati, Nirmal ^b   Wood, Spencer A ^a   Bernhardt, Joanna ^h  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b World Wildlife Fund ^*  (United States)

^c WWF UK   (United Kingdom)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision support; Ecosystem services; Human development and conservation; PES; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882362864     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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