On the effects of scale for ecosystem services mapping

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Grêt Regamey, Adrienne ^a   Weibel, Bettina ^a   Bagstad, Kenneth J ^b   Ferrari, Marika ^c   Geneletti, Davide ^c   Klug, Hermann ^d   Schirpke, Uta ^e,f   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^e,f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EUROPE; FLOOD REGULATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IMAGE QUALITY; LAND USE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOUNTAINOUS REGION; RELIABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER; TOURISM; UNITED STATES; WOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN;

ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84920120925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112601     Document Type: Article

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