Journal•ISSN: 0921-8009
Ecological Economics
Elsevier BV
About: Ecological Economics is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Sustainability & Ecosystem services. It has an ISSN identifier of 0921-8009. Over the lifetime, 6336 publications have been published receiving 436095 citations.
Topics: Sustainability, Ecosystem services, Population, Ecological economics, Sustainable development
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TL;DR: About 42% of the species on the Threatened or Endangered species lists are at risk primarily because of alien-invasive species.
4,463 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework and typology for describing, classifying and valuing ecosystem functions, goods and services in a clear and consistent manner is presented. And a classification is given for the fullest possible range of 23 ecosystem functions.
4,081 citations
TL;DR: The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis as discussed by the authors proposes an inverted-U-shaped relationship between different pollutants and per capita income, i.e., environmental pressure increases up to a certain level as income goes up; after that, it decreases.
2,882 citations
TL;DR: The concept of ecosystem services has become an important model for linking the functioning of ecosystems to human welfare Understanding this link is critical for a wide-range of decision-making contexts.
2,679 citations
University of Maryland, College Park1, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science2, University of Wyoming3, University of Pittsburgh4, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign5, University of Minnesota6, Oak Ridge National Laboratory7, University of Buenos Aires8, Jet Propulsion Laboratory9, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis10
TL;DR: This paper provided a crude initial estimate of the value of ecosystem services to the economy using data from previous published studies and a few original calculations, and estimated the current economic value of 17 ecosystem services for 16 biomes.
2,592 citations