Inter- and transdisciplinary perspective on the integration of ecological processes into ecosystem services analysis in a mountain region

Ecological Processes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Huber, Robert ^a   Briner, Simon ^b   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Elkin, Ché ^b   Hirschi, Christian ^b   Seidl, Roman ^b   Snell, Rebecca ^b   Rigling, Andreas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Interdisciplinary research; Modeling; Mountain regions; Policy process; Scenario analysis; Transdisciplinary research

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS HAZARDS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MODELS;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; POLICY PROCESS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MOUNTAIN REGION; POLICY ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND; VALAIS; VISP;

EID: 84908307894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-3-9     Document Type: Article

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