Land management influences trade-offs and the total supply of ecosystem services in alpine grassland in Tibet, China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 193, Issue , 2017, Pages 70-78

  Wu, Junxi ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Yu, Chengqun ^a   Luo, Liming ^b   Pan, Ying ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Fencing; Synergy; Tibetan Plateau; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMPLEMENTARITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRASSLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNERGISM; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRADE-OFF;

COMPETITION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HUMAN; PLOWING; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; SOWING; SPECIES; TIBET; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; TIBET;

EID: 85012106656     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.008     Document Type: Article

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