Climate change's impact on key ecosystem services and the human well-being they support in the US

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 483-493

  Nelson, Erik J ^a   Kareiva, Peter ^b   Ruckelshaus, Mary ^c,d   Arkema, Katie ^c,d   Geller, Gary ^e   Girvetz, Evan ^b,d   Goodrich, Dave ^f   Matzek, Virginia ^g   Pinsky, Malin ^h   Reid, Walt ⁱ   Saunders, Martin ^g   Semmens, Darius ^j   Tallis, Heather ^b,c  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ The David and Lucile Packard Foundation   (United States)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; NATURAL CAPITAL; PRIORITIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION; WARMING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887198070     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120312     Document Type: Review

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