Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units

R.S. de Groot; Luke Brander; Sander van der Ploeg; Robert Costanza; Florence Bernard; Leon Braat; Mike Christie; N. D. Crossman; Andrea Ghermandi; Lars Hein; Salman Hussain; Pushpam Kumar; Alistair McVittie; Rosimeiry Portela; Luis C. Rodríguez; Patrick ten Brink; P.J.H. van Beukering

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.07.005

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Ecosystem servicesEconomicsValue (mathematics)EcosystemNatural resource economicsEcologyMathematicsStatisticsBiology

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 50-61
Citations: 2415
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                                    R.S. de Groot, 
                                
                                    Luke Brander, 
                                
                                    Sander van der Ploeg
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units. 
                            Ecosystem Services
                            , 1
                            (1)
                            , 50-61.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.07.005
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.07.005

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