On the value of soil biodiversity and ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-18

  Pascual, Unai ^a,b,c   Termansen, Mette ^d   Hedlund, Katarina ^e   Brussaard, Lijbert ^f   Faber, Jack H ^f   Foudi, Sébastien ^a   Lemanceau, Philippe ^g   Jørgensen, Sisse Liv ^d  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Natural insurance value; Soil biodiversity; Soil ecosystem services; Soil policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955472597     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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