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ESA Winter 2026 Council Meeting Report

open access: yes
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
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Birds and ecosystem services

Current Biology, 2022
What do birds do for us? Some may find this an inappropriate or perhaps distasteful question, suggesting as it might that the importance or value of birds lies principally in the ways that they benefit people, and with perhaps an unspoken implication that if they do not do enough then we should not be too concerned as to what befalls them. Nonetheless,
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Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services

2020
This chapter identifies core principles of ecology and environmental science applicable to the nexus and discusses the tightly coupled socio-ecological systems that establish ecosystems services (ES) within the nexus. The chapter begins by outlining key ecological principles and their interdependencies, demonstrating how ecosystem services are provided
Nathanial Matthews   +3 more
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Services Ecosystem

2005 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC'05) Vol-1, 2005
Summary form only given. Services businesses have become very exciting growth opportunities for the industry. How to design, model, and implement business services using IT technology is becoming a challenging issue. With the introduction of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services, componentizing enterprises and services based on patterns ...
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The Risk to Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services: A Framework for the Atlas of Ecosystem Services

2019
Our framework (Fig. 1.1) depicts different components of a dynamic in which ecosystem services are provided and managed [1]. The impact of on ecosystems can lead to a loss of ecological processes and properties, which are the basis for the provision of ecosystem services to society.
Matthias Schröter   +4 more
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Ecosystem Services Valuation [PDF]

open access: possible, 2008
Ecosystems are being characterised as goods and services to allow their valuation in monetary terms. This follows an orthodox economic approach to environmental values, but is also being undertaken by ecologists and conservation biologist. There appears a lack of clarity and debate as to the model of human behaviour, specific values and decision ...
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

2013
Abstract: The link between biodiversity and ecosystem services is obvious. However, due to the complexity of both terms, discussions are often narrowed to specific components, provoking many useless debates. Because ecosystem service assessments are intended to provide guidance for ecosystem management, the confusion over how to treat biodiversity is ...
Jacobs, Sander   +5 more
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