The value of ecosystem services obtained from the protected forest of Cambodia: The case of Veun Sai-Siem Pang National Park

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages 27-36

  Kibria, Abu S M G ^a   Behie, Alison ^a   Costanza, Robert ^a   Groves, Colin ^a   Farrell, Tracy ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Phnom Penh Institute of Pathology   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Monetary values; Non monetary values; Service composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020248770     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.05.008     Document Type: Article

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