Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes Broadscale Considerations
Over the last two decades, the topic of forest ecosystem services has attracted the attention of researchers, land managers, and policy makers around the globe. The services rendered by forest ecosystems range from intrinsic to anthropocentric benefits th
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Services from Forest Landscapes Broadscale Considerations
Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes
Ajith H. Perera • Urmas Peterson Guillermo Martínez Pastur • Louis R. Iverson Editors
Ecosystem Services from Forest Landscapes Broadscale Considerations
Editors Ajith H. Perera Ontario Forest Research Institute Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
Urmas Peterson Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering Estonian University of Life Sciences Tartu, Estonia
Guillermo Martínez Pastur Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Louis R. Iverson Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science Northern Research Station US Forest Service Delaware, OH, USA
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Preface
Over the last two decades, the topic of ecosystem services has attracted the attention of researchers, land managers, and policy makers around the globe. The ecosystems addressed thus include an array of aquatic and terrestrial systems including oceans, lakes, rivers, wetlands, grasslands, forests, croplands, and urban areas. The services rendered by these ecosystems are also a long list, ranging from intrinsic to anthropocentric benefits that are typically grouped as provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural. The research efforts, assessments, and attempts
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