A framework to quantify the strength of ecological links between an environmental stressor and final ecosystem services

Ecosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Bell, Michael D ^a   Phelan, Jennifer ^b   Blett, Tamara F ^a   Landers, Dixon ^c   Nahlik, Amanda M ^c,d   Van Houtven, George ^b   Davis, Christine ^e   Clark, Christopher M ^e   Hewitt, Julie ^e  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Air quality; Critical loads; Ecological production function; Eutrophication; Nitrogen deposition; Science policy; Special Feature: Air Quality and Ecosystem Services; Sulfur deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019831869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1806     Document Type: Article

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