The relationship between social values for ecosystem services and global land cover: An empirical analysis

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-68

  Brown, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Land cover; Participatory mapping; PPGIS; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884590721     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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