A guide to historical data sets for reconstructing ecosystem service change over time

BioScience

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 747-762

  Tomscha, Stephanie A ^a   Sutherland, Ira J ^b   Renard, Delphine ^b   Gergel, Sarah E ^a   Rhemtulla, Jeanine M ^a   Bennett, Elena M ^b   Daniels, Lori D ^a   Eddy, Ian M S ^a   Clark, Emily E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ecosystem service capacity; ecosystem service demand; ecosystem service interactions; historical ecological data; landscape history

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987619530     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw086     Document Type: Review

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