Towards a standardized Rapid Ecosystem Function Assessment (REFA)

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 390-397

  Meyer, Sebastian T ^a   Koch, Christiane ^a   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BEF; Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecosystem services; Element cycles; Management; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84937523083     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.04.006     Document Type: Review

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