How important are the wetlands in the middle-lower Yangtze River region: An ecosystem service valuation approach

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-60

  Li, Xiaowei ^a,b   Yu, Xiubo ^b   Jiang, Luguang ^b   Li, Wenye ^b,c   Liu, Yu ^b   Hou, Xiyong ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Middle lower Yangtze River region; Valuation; Wetland ecosystem service

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908367620     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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