Understanding the economic value of water ecosystem services from tropical forests: A systematic review for South and Central America

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 97-106

  Ojea, Elena ^a,b   Martin Ortega, Julia ^c  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extractive water supply; In stream water supply; Latin America; Meta analysis; Service users; Water services

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY;

LATIN AMERICA; META ANALYSIS; SERVICE USERS; STREAM WATER; WATER SERVICE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; META-ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER SUPPLY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84929945928     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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