Loss of ecosystem services and the decapitalization of nature in El Salvador

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 5-13

  Crespin, Silvio J ^a,b   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Tropicales de El Salvador   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Agricultural matrix; Benefit transfer; Forest transitions; Land use change; Natural capital; Tropical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947460481     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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