Towards ecosystem accounting: A comprehensive approach to modelling multiple hydrological ecosystem services

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4377-4396

  Duku, C ^a   Rathjens, H ^b   Zwart, S J ^c   Hein, L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHEDS;

ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISCRETIZATIONS; ECO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOPHYSICS; DECISION MAKING; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATERSHED;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; OUEME;

EID: 84946554861     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-4377-2015     Document Type: Article

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