Wild food in Europe: A synthesis of knowledge and data of terrestrial wild food as an ecosystem service

Ecological Economics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 292-305

  Schulp, C J E ^a   Thuiller, W ^b   Verburg, P H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Game; Mapping; Wild berries; Wild edible plants; Wild mushrooms

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDIBLE SPECIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MUSHROOM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR PLANT; WILD POPULATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84904279481     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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