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ecosystem service

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Definition

  • [Simone Maynard] &#39 , "[Xiaoming Feng] Ecosystem service is an emerging concept that grows to be a hot research area in ecology. Spatiallyexplicit ecosystem service values are important for ecosystem service management. However, it isdifficult to quantify ecosystem services. Remote sensing provides images covering Earth surface,which by nature are spatially explicit. Thus, remote sensing can be useful for quantitativeassessment of ecosystem services...

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Entry terms

  • ecosystem services

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0361

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