Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Foreword by -- 1 Ecosystem services in the twenty-first century -- Part I Ecosystem services concepts and frameworks - introduction -- 2 Ecosystem services in theory and practice -- 3 Defining and measuring ecosystem services -- Briefing Note 3.1: Ecosystem functions: a critical perspective -- 4 The links between biodiversity and ecosystem services -- Briefing Note 4.1: Service providing units -- 5 Ecosystem structures and processes: characterising natural capital stocks and flows -- 6 The beneficiary perspective: benefits and beyond -- 7 A social-ecological perspective on ecosystem services -- Briefing Note 7.1: Transdisciplinarity -- Briefing Note 7.2: Drivers of change for ecosystem services -- 8 Concepts and methods in ecosystem services valuation -- 9 A critical perspective -- 10 Economics and ecosystem services: a positive contribution to environmental management -- Part II Ecosystem services: methods and techniques for decision support - introduction -- 11 Frameworks for ecosystem assessments -- Briefing Note 11.1: Place-based assessment of small islands' ecosystem services -- 12 Modelling ecosystem services -- 13 Indicators for ecosystem services -- 14 Using futures-thinking to support ecosystem assessments -- 15 Mapping ecosystem services -- 16 A practical approach to mapping of ecosystems and ecosystem services using remote sensing -- Briefing Note 16.1: Remote sensing -- 17 An introduction to ecosystem accounting -- 18 Accounting for ecosystem services in business -- 19 Valuing preferences for ecosystem-related goods and services -- 20 Ecological economics and ecosystem services -- 21 Stakeholder participation in ecosystem service decision-making -- 22 Deliberative and non-monetary valuation.