Mapping the value of ecosystem services: A case study from the Austrian Alps

Annals of Forest Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 157-175

  Paletto, Alessandro ^a   Geitner, Clemens ^b   Grilli, Gianluca ^c   Hastik, Richard ^b   Pastorella, Fabio ^d   Garcìa, Laura Rodrìguez ^a  

^a Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d European Forest Institute (EFI) Project Center MOUNTFOR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine Region; Benefit Transfer method; Cultural services; Economic valuation; Leiblachtal (Austria); Meta analysis; Provisioning services; Regulating services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928686863     PISSN: 18448135     EISSN: 20652445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15287/afr.2015.335     Document Type: Article

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