Ecosystem services provided by waterbirds

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-122

  Green, Andy J ^a   Elmberg, Johan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Cultural services; Economic value; Ecosystem engineering; Ecosystem services; Nutrient fluxes; Pest control; Seed dispersal; Waterfowl harvest; Zoochory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATERFOWL;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891640206     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12045     Document Type: Article

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