Linking ecosystem characteristics to final ecosystem services for public policy

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 108-118

  Wong, Christina P ^a,b   Jiang, Bo ^a   Kinzig, Ann P ^c   Lee, Kai N ^d   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The David and Lucile Packard Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological production functions; Ecosystem management; Ecosystem services; Endpoints; Environmental policy; Sustainability; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84917682702     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12389     Document Type: Review

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