Mapping ecological processes and ecosystem services for prioritizing restoration efforts in a semi-arid Mediterranean river basin

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1132-1145

  Trabucchi, Mattia ^a,b   O'Farrell, Patrick J ^c   Notivol, Eduardo ^d   Comín, Francisco A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aichi targets; Ecosystem function; Erosion; Prioritization; Spain; Spatial congruence

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EROSION; MAPPING; RESTORATION; WATERSHEDS;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; PRIORITIZATION; RESTORATION PLANNING; SPAIN; SPATIAL CONGRUENCE; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EROSION CONTROL; LAND USE PLANNING; PRIORITIZATION; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LAND USE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WATERSHED;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RIVERS; SPAIN;

EID: 84902266089     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0264-4     Document Type: Article

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