Improving the link between payments and the provision of ecosystem services in agri-environment schemes

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-53

  Reed, Mark S ^a   Moxey, Andrew ^b   Prager, Katrin ^c   Hanley, Nick ^d   Skates, James ^e   Bonn, Aletta ^f,g,h,k   Evans, Chris D ⁱ   Glenk, Klaus ^j   Thomson, Ken ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Pareto Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e WELSH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^h IUCN UK National Committee Peatland Programme   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^k HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Agri environment schemes; Collaboration; Ecosystem services; Peatland; Spatial targeting; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908314289     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.06.008     Document Type: Review

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