A proposed framework for assessing ecosystem goods and services from planted forests

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 260-268

  Baral, Himlal ^a,c   Guariguata, Manuel R ^b   Keenan, Rodney J ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon; Ecosystem service assessment; Ecosystem services; Planted forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993993202     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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