From theoretical to actual ecosystem services: Mapping beneficiaries and spatial flows in ecosystem service assessments

Ecology and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bagstad, Kenneth J ^a   Villa, Ferdinando ^b   Batker, David ^c   Harrison Cox, Jennifer ^c   Voigt, Brian ^d   Johnson, Gary W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c Earth Economics ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficiaries; Benefits; Demand side; Mapping; Provisioning areas; Spatial dynamics; Spatial flow

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MAPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84903699513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-06523-190264     Document Type: Article

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