Operationalising ecosystem service assessment in Bayesian Belief Networks: Experiences within the OpenNESS project

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 452-464

  Smith, Ron I ^a   Barton, David N ^b   Dick, Jan ^a   Haines Young, Roy ^c   Madsen, Anders L ^d,e   Rusch, Graciela M ^b   Termansen, Mette ^f   Woods, Helen ^a   Carvalho, Laurence ^a   Giucă, Relu Constantin ^g   Luque, Sandra ^h   Odee, David ⁱ   Rusch, Verónica ^j   Saarikoski, Heli ^k   Adamescu, Cristian Mihai ^g   Dunford, Rob ^a,l   Ochieng, John ⁱ   Gonzalez Redin, Julen ^m   Stange, Erik ^b   Vădineanu, Anghelută ^g   Verweij, Peter ⁿ   Vikström, Suvi ^k   more..

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c FABIS CONSULTING LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d HUGIN EXPERT A S   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f Department of Environmental Science ^*  (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^h UMR TETIS   (France)

ⁱ KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^j INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^k FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Decision scope; Spatial modelling; Stakeholder participation; Uncertainty; Web interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034441213     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.11.004     Document Type: Article

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