Ecosystem services: Challenges and opportunities for hydrologic modeling to support decision making

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4535-4544

  Guswa, Andrew J ^a   Brauman, Kate A ^b   Brown, Casey ^c   Hamel, Perrine ^d   Keeler, Bonnie L ^b   Sayre, Susan Stratton ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; ecosystem services; hydrologic modeling; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HUMAN HEALTH; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; KEYPOINTS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SERVICE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84901382621     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015497     Document Type: Article

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