کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6556983 | 161856 | 2013 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
TESSA: A toolkit for rapid assessment of ecosystem services at sites of biodiversity conservation importance
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کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
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چکیده انگلیسی
Sites that are important for biodiversity conservation can also provide significant benefits (i.e. ecosystem services) to people. Decision-makers need to know how change to a site, whether development or restoration, would affect the delivery of services and the distribution of any benefits among stakeholders. However, there are relatively few empirical studies that present this information. One reason is the lack of appropriate methods and tools for ecosystem service assessment that do not require substantial resources or specialist technical knowledge, or rely heavily upon existing data. Here we address this gap by describing the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA). It guides local non-specialists through a selection of relatively accessible methods for identifying which ecosystem services may be important at a site, and for evaluating the magnitude of benefits that people obtain from them currently, compared with those expected under alternative land-uses. The toolkit recommends use of existing data where appropriate and places emphasis on enabling users to collect new field data at relatively low cost and effort. By using TESSA, the users could also gain valuable information about the alternative land-uses; and data collected in the field could be incorporated into regular monitoring programmes.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ecosystem Services - Volume 5, September 2013, Pages 51-57
Journal: Ecosystem Services - Volume 5, September 2013, Pages 51-57
نویسندگان
Kelvin S.-H. Peh, Andrew Balmford, Richard B. Bradbury, Claire Brown, Stuart H.M. Butchart, Francine M.R. Hughes, Alison Stattersfield, David H.L. Thomas, Matt Walpole, Julian Bayliss, David Gowing, Julia P.G. Jones, Simon L. Lewis, Mark Mulligan,