Meta-analysis for the transfer of economic benefits of ecosystem services provided by wetlands within two watersheds in Quebec, Canada

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 707-725

  He, Jie ^a   Moffette, Fanny ^b   Fournier, Richard ^a   Revéret, Jean Pierre ^c   Théau, Jérôme ^a   Dupras, Jérôme ^d   Boyer, Jean Philippe ^a   Varin, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Ecosystem services; Meta analysis; Spatial analysis; Watershed; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

B?CANCOUR RIVER; CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; YAMASKA RIVER;

EID: 84940453290     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: 15729834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-015-9414-6     Document Type: Article

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