Understanding the links between ecosystem service trade-offs and conflicts in protected areas

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-127

  Kovács, Eszter ^a   Kelemen, Eszter ^a   Kalóczkai, Ágnes ^a   Margóczi, Katalin ^b   Pataki, György ^a,c   Gébert, Judit ^b   Málovics, György ^b   Balázs, Bálint ^a   Roboz, Ágnes ^c   Krasznai Kovács, Eszter ^d   Mihók, Barbara ^e  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c Operációkutatás és Aktuáriustudományok Tanszék docense   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Land use conflicts; Protected areas; Qualitative research; Scale; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928105765     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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