Rapid assessment of ecosystem services provided by two mineral extraction sites restored for nature conservation in an agricultural landscape in eastern england

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Blaen, Philip J ^a,b   Jia, Li ^c   Peh, Kelvin S H ^d,e   Field, Rob H ^a   Balmford, Andrew ^d   MacDonald, Michael A ^a   Bradbury, Richard B ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHING; FLOODING; GRAZING; MINERALOGY; RECREATION; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CROP; EATING; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

MINERAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; FLOODS; LIVESTOCK; MINERALS; RECREATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928380258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121010     Document Type: Article

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