Biodiversity and ecosystem services: The Nature Index for Norway

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-116

  Aslaksen, Iulie ^a   Nybø, Signe ^b   Framstad, Erik ^b   Garnåsjordet, Per Arild ^a   Skarpaas, Olav ^b  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Biodiversity measurement; Biodiversity policy; Ecosystem services; Nature Index; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939981787     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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