Scale and ecosystem services: How do observation, management, and analysis shift with scale—lessons from Québec

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Raudsepp Hearne, Ciara ^a   Peterson, Garry D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Covariance; Ecosystem service bundles; Mont Saint Hilaire; Problem of fit; Scaling; Social ecological; Spatial; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84989195923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08605-210316     Document Type: Article

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