An ecosystem services approach to the ecological effects of salvage logging: Valuation of seed dispersal

Ecological Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1057-1063

  Leverkus, Alexandro B ^a,b   Castro, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

economic valuation; ecosystem service; Garrulus glandarius; Quercus ilex; salvage harvesting; wildfire

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LOGGING (TIMBER); PLANTATION; REGENERATION; RESEARCH WORK; RESPROUTING; SEED DISPERSAL; TIMBER HARVESTING; WILDFIRE;

SPAIN;

GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEED DISPERSAL; SONGBIRD; SPAIN; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY; QUERCUS; SEED DISPERSAL; SONGBIRDS; SPAIN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 85020203924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1539     Document Type: Article

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