Effects of landscape configuration on mapping ecosystem service capacity: a review of evidence and a case study in Scotland

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1457-1479

  Verhagen, Willem ^a   Van Teeffelen, Astrid J A ^a   Baggio Compagnucci, Andrea ^b   Poggio, Laura ^b   Gimona, Alessandro ^b   Verburg, Peter H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

InVEST; Land use Land cover; Landscape heterogeneity; Landscape structure; Multifunctional landscapes; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; TRADE-OFF; WATERSHED;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84959080823     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0345-2     Document Type: Article

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