Making decisions for managing ecosystem services

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 229-238

  Martinez Harms, Maria Jose ^a   Bryan, Brett A ^b   Balvanera, Patricia ^c   Law, Elizabeth A ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a,d   Wilson, Kerrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Management actions; Objectives; Structured decision making; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84923013598     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.024     Document Type: Review

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