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A quantitative review of ecosystem service studies: approaches, shortcomings and the road ahead

2011-06-01

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1. Ecosystem services are defined as the benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems. Employing the ecosystem service concept is intended to support the development of policies and instruments that integrate social, economic and ecological perspectives. In recent years, this concept has become the paradigm of ecosystem management. 2. The prolific use of the term ‘ecosystem services' in scientific studies has given...

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Literature Corpus work: deef16d3-0c0a-5e2b-8889-848ed7741de9
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01952.x

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