Ecological End-Product

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008863",
  "term": "Ecological End-Product",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The relevant biophysical components of nature that are directly used or appreciated by humans to produce a flow of Final Ecosystem Services. Natural scientists generally use \"ecosystem services\" as a term to cover both goods and services. Final ecosystem goods are the biophysical components of nature that are the source of these FES. The NESCS Plus is useful for classifying both goods and FES. For brevity, the term FES is used to encompass both final ecosystem goods and FES concepts. Context: Final ecosystem service flows occur at the \"point of handoff\" from natural systems to human systems. They are an essential concept for the economic valuation of ecosystem services because the value of a final ecosystem service embodies and includes the values of all intermediate ecosystem services that contribute to its existence. Example: The fauna present in forests, such as deer, are an example of an ecological end-product that provides final ecosystem service flows to commercial and recreational hunters who harvest them, as well as to recreational wildlife viewers who enjoy them in a non-consumptive way. The forest ecosystem’s production of the forage that supports the deer populations is an example of an intermediate ecosystem service that contributes (as an input) to the final ecosystem service.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "National Ecosystem Classification System (NESCS) Plus Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ecological-end-product/"
}