Why geodiversity matters in valuing nature's stage

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 630-639

  Hjort, Jan ^a   Gordon, John E ^b   Gray, Murray ^c   Hunter, Malcolm L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic ecosystem services; Biodiversity; Cave; Geosite; Hot spring; Metalliferous soils; Threats to geodiversity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEODIVERSITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SITE INVESTIGATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84929266507     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12510     Document Type: Article

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