Socio-cultural and economic valuation of ecosystem services provided by Mediterranean mountain agroecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Bernués, Alberto ^a,b   Rodríguez Ortega, Tamara ^b   Ripoll Bosch, Raimon ^b,c   Alfnes, Frode ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GRAZING; LANDSCAPE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RECREATIONAL PARK; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC OPINION; RECREATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904479827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102479     Document Type: Article

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