Sustainable energy potential from biomass through ecosystem services trade-off analysis: The case of the Province of Rovigo (Northern Italy)

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-19

  Gissi, Elena ^a   Gaglio, Mattias ^a,b   Reho, Matelda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aesthetic values; Bioenergy; Carbon storage; Food provisioning; Habitat services; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956649673     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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