Cross-scale analysis of ecosystem services identified and assessed at local and European level

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 38; pp. 20 - 30
• Main Authors: Dick, Jan, Maes, Joachim, Smith, Rognvald I., Paracchini, Maria Luisa, Zulian, Grazia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Ecosystem services; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Impact assessment; Indicators; landscapes; LTER (Long Term Ecological Research); managers; Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking; regression analysis; Synecology; United Kingdom; Europe; British Isles; United Kingdom; Ecosystem services; Impact assessment; LTER (Long Term Ecological Research); Indicators; Ecological indicator; Ecology; Impact study; Long term; Analysis; Local scope; Ecosystem functioning; Environmental monitoring; Environmental protection

•We compare two methods for assessing the ecosystem services delivered at the scale of a land management unit in the UK.•Sites were described by 73 local scale indicators and 16 indicators obtained from European scale data.•Multivariate statistics revealed complementarity between methods for describ...