Estimating the impacts of land use/land cover changes on Ecosystem Service Values: The case of the Andassa watershed in the Upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 31, Issue , 2018, Pages 219-228

  Gashaw, Temesgen ^a,e   Tulu, Taffa ^a   Argaw, Mekuria ^a   Worqlul, Abeyou W ^b   Tolessa, Terefe ^c   Kindu, Mengistie ^d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^c AMBO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e ADIGRAT UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

CA Markov; Ecosystem Service Values; Land use land cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046730384     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.05.001     Document Type: Article

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