Country-scale mapping of ecosystem services provided by semi-natural grasslands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 661, Issue , 2019, Pages 212-225

  Villoslada Peciña, Miguel ^a   Ward, Raymond D ^a,b   Bunce, Robert G H ^a   Sepp, Kalev ^a   Kuusemets, Valdo ^a   Luuk, Ott ^c  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services hotspots; Soil organic carbon; Surrogate indicators

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOILS;

ABANDONMENT; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORTS; HOTSPOTS; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLANDS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SURROGATE INDICATORS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASSLAND; MAPPING; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTRY SCALE MAPPING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND ABANDONMENT; HERBAL MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT RETENTION; PASTURE; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI NATURAL GRASSLAND; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOODED MEADOW; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; PROCEDURES;

ESTONIA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GRASSLAND; PLANTS;

EID: 85060174086     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.174     Document Type: Article

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