Impacts of land change on biodiversity: Making the link to ecosystem services

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 503-508

  Nagendra, Harini ^a,b   Reyers, Belinda ^c   Lavorel, Sandra ^d  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84884709681     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.05.010     Document Type: Review

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