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. 2015 Jan 15;30(3):443–461. doi: 10.1007/s10980-014-0148-2

Table 3.

Baseline ecosystem service distribution across the European regions

Food provision food production (1,000 s of KCal capita−1 day−1) Water provision water exploitation index (no units) Timber provision annual forest yield from managed forests (Mt) Atmospheric regulation carbon sequestration (Mt/year) Landscape experience land not managed for provisioning services (%) Land use diversity Shannon index of land use
EU 13.2 0.12 262 7,453 32 0.50
Northern 22.1 0.03 80 2,020 37 0.42
Alpine 7.9 0.04 35 1,112 65 0.35
Atlantic 12.3 0.16 70 1,589 15 0.51
Continental 13.5 0.19 45.5 1,914 16 0.58
Southern 13.3 0.22 32 818 44 0.60

The biodiversity index is a change from baseline index and as such has no value at baseline