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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 54-78 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Ecological indicators |
| Volume | 28 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
The ecosystem service concept is becoming more and more acknowledged in science and decisionmaking, resulting in several applications in different case studies and in environmental management, but still it is developing in terms of definitions, typologies and understanding its complexity. By examining the interrelations between ecosystem properties, ecosystem integrity, biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being qualitatively, the mutual influences on each constituent of the 'ecosystem service cascade' are illuminated, giving an impulse for further discussions and improvements for a better understanding of the complexity of human-environmental systems. Results of the theoretical interactions are among others the assumption that provisioning services exclude or compete with each other, while the role of biodiversity was found to be supporting for regulating services and cultural services. Ecosystem services meet the criteria of being adequate human-environmental system indicators and therefore, they are an appropriate instrument for decision-making and management.
Keywords
- Biodiversity, Ecological integrity, Ecosystem service production network, Ecosystem services, Human well-being, Indicator sets, Interactions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Decision Sciences(all)
- General Decision Sciences
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Environmental Science(all)
- Ecology
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In: Ecological indicators, Vol. 28, 2013, p. 54-78.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactions of ecosystem properties, ecosystem integrity and ecosystem service indicators
T2 - A theoretical matrix exercise
AU - Kandziora, Marion
AU - Burkhard, Benjamin
AU - Müller, Felix
N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The ecosystem service concept is becoming more and more acknowledged in science and decisionmaking, resulting in several applications in different case studies and in environmental management, but still it is developing in terms of definitions, typologies and understanding its complexity. By examining the interrelations between ecosystem properties, ecosystem integrity, biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being qualitatively, the mutual influences on each constituent of the 'ecosystem service cascade' are illuminated, giving an impulse for further discussions and improvements for a better understanding of the complexity of human-environmental systems. Results of the theoretical interactions are among others the assumption that provisioning services exclude or compete with each other, while the role of biodiversity was found to be supporting for regulating services and cultural services. Ecosystem services meet the criteria of being adequate human-environmental system indicators and therefore, they are an appropriate instrument for decision-making and management.
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KW - Ecosystem service production network
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KW - Human well-being
KW - Indicator sets
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