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    Evolution of wetland functions and services in the Camargue

    This storyline aims at making the best use of remote-sensing tools to document the evolution in the state of wetlands and the services they can deliver within a context of...
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    Potential of the economic valuation of soil-based ecosystem services to infor...

    The concept of ecosystem services, especially in combination with economic valuation, can illuminate trade-offs involved in soil management, policy and governance, and thus...
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    Combining hazard, exposure and social vulnerability to provide lessons for fl...

    Flood risk assessments provide inputs for the evaluation of flood risk management (FRM) strategies. Traditionally, such risk assessments provide estimates of loss of life and...
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    Impacts of strict cropland protection on water yield

    Land use and land cover change is a critical factor of ecosystem services, while water yield plays a vital role in sustainable development. The impact of urban expansion on...
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    The global costs and benefits of expanding Marine Protected Areas

    Marine ecosystems and the services they provide contribute greatly to human well-being but are becoming degraded in many areas around the world. The expansion of Marine...
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    Do the societal benefits of river restoration outweigh their costs? A cost-be...

    Abstract Switzerland plans to restore 4000 km of rivers by 2090. Despite the immense investment costs, river restoration benefits have not been valued in monetary terms, and a...
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    Benefits for multiple ecosystem services in Peruvian coffee agroforestry syst...

    Crop production often comes at the expense of losses in ecosystem services and biodiversity; however, this might not always be the case. Here we test the effects of shade...
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    Economic valuation of ecosystem services from coral reefs in the South Pacific

    The economic valuation of coral reefs ecosystem services is currently seen as a promising approach to demonstrate the benefits of sustainable management of coral ecosystems to...
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    Telecoupled environmental impacts of current and alternative Western diets

    Abstract Low-meat and no-meat diets are increasingly acknowledged as sustainable alternatives to current Western food consumption patterns. Concerns for the environment,...
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    Disentangling ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘nature’s contributions to people’

    People depend on functioning ecosystems, which provide benefits that support human existence and wellbeing. The relationship between people and nature has been experienced and...
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    Towards more effective landscape governance for sustainability : the case of ...

    International audience; Over the last two decades, sustainable landscape approaches are increasingly being adopted worldwide. An important chal- lenge for these approaches is to...
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    Ecosystem services assessment tools for African Biosphere Reserves

    While the concept of ecosystem services which links biodiversity to human wellbeing, is by now well-known, its translation into actual management decisions is still uneven....
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    Unpacking ecosystem service bundles

    Multiple ecosystem services (ES) can respond similarly to social and ecological factors to form bundles. Identifying key social-ecological variables and understanding how they...
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    Daane et al native grasses leafhopper data sets

    Each study is provided as a separate worksheet in the excel file
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    MOESM6 of What evidence exists for the effectiveness of on-farm conservation ...

    Additional file 6. Systematic map database on on-farm conservation land management and ecosystem services.
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    A systematic review of approaches to quantify hydrologic ecosystem services t...

    Global threats to freshwater resources are prompting widespread concern about their management and implications for well-being. In recent decades, hydrologic ecosystem services...
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    Data regarding the paper "Conservation tillage mitigates the negative effect ...

    The excel file contains data regarding 1) the preliminary aphid survey in the fields, 2) the predation index for each of the exclusion treatment combination, 3) abundance of...
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    MOESM4 of A systematic map of evidence on the contribution of forests to pove...

    Additional file 4. List of studies excluded at full text assessment with exclusion criteria indicated.