Incorporating climate change into ecosystem service assessments and decisions: a review

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 28-41

  Runting, Rebecca K ^a   Bryan, Brett A ^b   Dee, Laura E ^c   Maseyk, Fleur J F ^a   Mandle, Lisa ^d   Hamel, Perrine ^d   Wilson, Kerrie A ^a   Yetka, Kathleen ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; cumulative impacts; decision making; food provision; global change; global warming; land use change; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84985996193     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13457     Document Type: Review

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