The importance of scale in the development of ecosystem service indicators?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 130-140

  Norton, Lisa ^a   Greene, Sheila ^a   Scholefield, Paul ^a   Dunbar, Mike ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Interdisciplinary science; Modelling; Scale; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MODELS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MEASURES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE; SCALE; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LOCAL PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; LAKE DISTRICT; LOWESWATER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84948784032     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.08.051     Document Type: Article

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