An alternative approach for quantifying climate regulation by ecosystems

• Main Authors: West, Paul C, Narisma, Gemma T, Barford, Carol C, Kucharik, Christopher J, Foley, Jonathan A
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Physics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/physics-faculty-pubs/58; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/090015
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Ecosystems provide multiple benefits to people, including climate regulation. Previous efforts to quantify this ecosystem service have been either largely conceptual or based on complex atmospheric models. Here, we review previous research on this topic and propose a new and simple analytical approa...