Biodiversity offsets: From current challenges to harmonized metrics

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-67

  Gonçalves, Bárbara ^a,b,c   Marques, Alexandra ^b,c   Soares, Amadeu Mortágua Velho Da Maia ^a   Pereira, Henrique Miguel ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d REFER Biodiversity Chair CIBIO InBIO Campus Agrário de Vairão   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927665383     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.03.008     Document Type: Review

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