Reviewing drivers of ecosystem change as input for environmental and ecosystem services modelling

Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-30

  Hauck, Jennifer ^a   Winkler, Klara J ^a   Priess, Joerg A ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision making; Ecosystem services; Environmental policies; Land use; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930725623     PISSN: 22126139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.swaqe.2015.01.003     Document Type: Review

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