serviceshed
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]serviceshed (plural servicesheds)
- (ecology) The geographical region that supplies ecosystem services to a beneficiary.
- 2016, Harold Mooney, Ecosystems of California, page 270:
- Some servicesheds overlap: the servicesheds of Farm 1 and Farm 2 fall entirely within Farm 3's serviceshed because Farm 3 takes water from further downstream.