The ecological economics of land degradation: Impacts on ecosystem service values

Ecological Economics

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 182-192

  Sutton, Paul C ^a,b   Anderson, Sharolyn J ^b   Costanza, Robert ^c   Kubiszewski, Ida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological function; Economics of land degradation; Ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LAND DEGRADATION; MARKET SYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84976270835     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.06.016     Document Type: Article

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