Assessing changes in the value of ecosystem services in response to land-use/land-cover dynamics in Nigeria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 636, Issue , 2018, Pages 597-609

  Arowolo, Aisha Olushola ^a,c,d   Deng, Xiangzheng ^a   Olatunji, Olusanya Abiodun ^b,c   Obayelu, Abiodun Elijah ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agricultural expansion; Benefits transfer; Forests; Savannah; Value coefficients

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; DISASTERS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LOSSES;

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; BENEFITS TRANSFER; FORESTS; SAVANNAH; VALUE COEFFICIENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; EXPANSION; FOREST DYNAMICS; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; SAVANNA; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FOREST; LAND USE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SAVANNA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL DISASTER; WATER TRANSPORT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 85046336177     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.277     Document Type: Article

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