Ecosystem service valuations of mangrove ecosystems to inform decision making and future valuation exercises

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Mukherjee, Nibedita ^a,b   Sutherland, William J ^c   Dicks, Lynn ^c   Hugé, Jean ^a,d   Koedam, Nico ^b   Dahdouh Guebas, Farid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANGROVE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; AVICENNIA; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AVICENNIA; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84907445155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107706     Document Type: Article

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