Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe

@article{Schrter2005EcosystemSS,
  title={Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe},
  author={Dagmar Schr{\"o}ter and Wolfgang Cramer and Rik Leemans and Iain Colin Prentice and Miguel Bastos Ara{\'u}jo and Nigel W. Arnell and Alberte Bondeau and Harald Bugmann and Timothy R. Carter and Carlos A. Gracia and A. Cristina De La Vega-Leinert and Markus Erhard and Frank Ewert and Margaret J. Glendining and Joanna I. House and Susanna Kankaanp{\"a}{\"a} and Richard J. T. Klein and Sandra Lavorel and Marcus Lindner and Marc J. Metzger and Jeannette Meyer and T. D. Mitchell and I. Reginster and Mark D. A. Rounsevell and Santiago Sabat{\'e} and Stephen A. Sitch and Ben Smith and Jo U. Smith and Pete Smith and Martin T. Sykes and Kirsten Thonicke and Wilfried Thuiller and Gill Tuck and Sönke Zaehle and B{\"a}rbel Zierl},
  journal={Science},
  year={2005},
  volume={310},
  pages={1333 - 1337}
}
Global change will alter the supply of ecosystem services that are vital for human well-being. To investigate ecosystem service supply during the 21st century, we used a range of ecosystem models and scenarios of climate and land-use change to conduct a Europe-wide assessment. Large changes in climate and land use typically resulted in large changes in ecosystem service supply. Some of these trends may be positive (for example, increases in forest area and productivity) or offer opportunities… 
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