Multi-criteria participative evaluation of Pinus halepensis plantations in a semiarid area of southeast Spain

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-68

  Derak, McHich ^a   Cortina, Jordi ^b  

^a Direction Regionale des Eaux et Forets et de la Lutte Contre la Desertification du Rif   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Multi criteria analysis; Pine plantations; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; REFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; CRITERIA AND INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; PINE PLANTATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CRITERION; STAKEHOLDERS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AFFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEMIARID REGION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84896943049     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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