The indicator side of ecosystem services

Felix Müller and Benjamin Burkhard

Ecosystem Services, 2012, vol. 1, issue 1, 26-30

Abstract: In this short welcome note for the new journal “Ecosystem Services”, the main interrelations between the ecosystem service concept and the approach of ecological indicators are briefly discussed with respect to three key issues: at first, some definitions are analyzed to answer the question if ecosystem services can be understood as ecological indicators. Due to a positive answer, the position of ecosystem services in the DPSIR indicator framework is determined as the central impact component. It is stated that different viewpoints are possible to interrelate the services; an environmental starting point focusing on the linkage to ecological processes and functions on the one side, and the relations with human well-being criteria and management obligations on the other. Finally, the actual needs for further research and application are outlined from an indicator-based aspect and the broad field of potential contributions for the new journal is summarized.

Keywords: Ecosystem services; Ecological indicators; Challenges; Cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.06.001

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