Ecosystem services are social-ecological services in a traditional pastoral system: The case of California's mediterranean rangelands

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Huntsinger, Lynn ^a   Oviedo, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Landscape; Pasture; Ranching; Scale; Social ecological system; Vernal pools

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPHEMERAL POOL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; RANCHING; RANGELAND;

CALIFORNIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897473271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06143-190108     Document Type: Article

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