Relationships between anthropogenic pressures and ecosystem functions in UK blanket bogs: Linking process understanding to ecosystem service valuation

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 5-19

  Evans, Chris D ^a   Bonn, Aletta ^b,c,d   Holden, Joseph ^e   Reed, Mark S ^d,f   Evans, Martin G ^g   Worrall, Fred ^h   Couwenberg, John ⁱ   Parnell, Mark ^j  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^j en:mapping   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Carbon; Climate regulation; Ecosystem function; Peat; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908354510     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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