Benefits of Investing in Ecosystem Restoration

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1286-1293

  De Groot, Rudolf S ^a   Blignaut, James ^b   Van Der Ploeg, Sander ^a   Aronson, James ^c,d   Elmqvist, Thomas ^e   Farley, Joshua ^f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Economic values; Ecosystem restoration; Services

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; THRESHOLD; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANTHOZOA;

ANÁLISIS DE COSTO-BENEFICIO; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC VALUES; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RESTAURACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMAS; RIVER; SEA; SERVICES; SERVICIOS; TREE; VALORES ECONÓMICOS; WETLAND;

ANÁLISIS DE COSTO-BENEFICIO; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC VALUES; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; RESTAURACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMAS; SERVICES; SERVICIOS; VALORES ECONÓMICOS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; TREES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84897057326     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12158     Document Type: Article

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