Should biodiversity be useful? Scope and limits of ecosystem services as an argument for biodiversity conservation

Environmental Values

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-182

  Deliège, Glenn ^a   Neuteleers, Stijn ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Functionalism; Motivation; Substitution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 84923650099     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: 17527015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327114X13947900181275     Document Type: Article

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