EnviroAtlas: A new geospatial tool to foster ecosystem services science and resource management

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-55

  Pickard, Brian R ^a   Daniel, Jessica ^a   Mehaffey, Megan ^a   Jackson, Laura E ^a   Neale, Anne ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Geospatial; Mapping; Web services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937784707     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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