Uncertainty of monetary valued ecosystem services - value transfer functions for global mapping

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Schmidt, Stefan ^a   Manceur, Ameur M ^a,b   Seppelt, Ralf ^a,c,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Caprion Proteomics   (Canada)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE REGULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXTREME EVENTS REGULATION; FOOD PROVISION; FUNDING; HABITAT SERVICE; MONETARY VALUED ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RECREATION SERVICE; STANDARDIZATION; VALUE TRANSFER; WATER PROVISION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SUPPLY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84961148410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148524     Document Type: Article

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