Ecosystem functions and services

Conservation Biology for All

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sekercioglu, Cagan H ^a   Boyce, Mark S ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^c   Davidar, Priya ^d   Kremen, Claire ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Droughts; Ecosystem services; Floods; Nutrient deposition; Pest control; Pollination; Pollution; Scavenging; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920489662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199554232.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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