ecosystem service production function

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008957",
  "term": "ecosystem service production function",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A description of the relationship between quality-adjusted ecological endpoints and the provision of ecosystem goods and services. This term differs from ecological production function because it includes both the biophysical functions and the non-ecological assessments that are needed to demonstrate a service. ESPFs evaluate four things: 1) how ecological endpoints combine with complementary (non-ecological) inputs to generate goods and services; 2) whether the quality of ecological endpoints is sufficient to generate the service; 3) whether required complementary goods and services (trails, roads, homes) are available; and 4) whether demand exists for the service by location. For example, a quantitative or qualitative description of how a population of watchable birds (the ecological endpoint), when combined with complementary inputs such as transportation infrastructure and demand by birders, produces the ecosystem service of recreational bird watching, is an ecosystem service production function. Also see ecological production function. (source: Wainger & Mazzotta 2009, with input from J. Boyd)\n\n2. A description of the relationship between quality-adjusted ecological endpoints and the provision of ecosystem goods and services. This term differs from ecological production function because it includes both the biophysical functions and the non-ecological assessments that are needed to demonstrate a service. ESPFs evaluate four things: 1) how ecological endpoints combine with complementary (non-ecological) inputs to generate goods and services; 2) whether the quality of ecological endpoints is sufficient to generate the service; 3) whether required complementary goods and services (trails, roads, homes) are available; and 4) whether demand exists for the service by location. For example, a quantitative or qualitative description of how a population of watchable birds (the ecological endpoint), when combined with complementary inputs such as transportation infrastructure and demand by birders, produces the ecosystem service of recreational bird watching, is an ecosystem service production function.",
  "abbreviation": "ESPF",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Core Ecosystem Services Research Program Standard Lexicon"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ecosystem-service-production-function/"
}