A combination of methods needed to assess the actual use of provisioning ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 75-86

  Rasmussen, Laura Vang ^a,b   Mertz, Ole ^a   Christensen, Andreas E ^a   Danielsen, Finn ^c   Dawson, Neil ^d   Xaydongvanh, Pheang ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service availability; Shifting cultivation systems; Southeast Asia; The hidden harvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949058384     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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