Spatio-temporal dynamics of regulating ecosystem services in Europe- The role of past and future land use change

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-135

  Stürck, Julia ^a   Schulp, Catharina J E ^a   Verburg, Peter H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate; Flood; Historic land use; Land cover; Land management; Scenarios; Supply and demand indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936889889     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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