Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences

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Ecosystem service assessments have increasingly been used to support environmental management policies, mainly based on biophysical and economic indicators. However, few studies have coped with the social-cultural dimension of ecosystem services, despite being considered a research priority. We examined how ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs emerge from diverging social preferences toward ecosystem services delivered by various types of ecosystems in Spain.

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http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0038970
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18/06/2012