Physical landscape associations with mapped ecosystem values with implications for spatial value transfer: An empirical study from Norway

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-34

  Brown, Greg ^a   Helene Hausner, Vera ^b   Lægreid, Eiliv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Land cover; PPGIS; Social values; Value transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938069905     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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