Are ecosystem services adequately quantified?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 358-370

  Boerema, Annelies ^a   Rebelo, Alanna J ^a,b   Bodi, Merche B ^a   Esler, Karen J ^b,c   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Centre for Invasion Biology (CIB)   (South Africa)

Author keywords

actual potential ecosystem services; ecosystem service cascade; indicators; interactions quantified; operationalization; stakeholder engagement; uncertainty quantified

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84977540243     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12696     Document Type: Review

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