Tools for spatially modeling ecosystem services: Publication trends, conceptual reflections and future challenges

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages 155-169

  Ochoa, Vivian ^a,b   Urbina Cardona, Nicolás ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

ARtificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services; Fog Interception for the Enhancement of Streamflow in Tropical Areas; Hydrological basin; Millenium ecosystem assessment; Soil Water Assessment Tool; Spatial resolution and scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021645922     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.06.011     Document Type: Review

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