Meanings
nounserviceshed (plural servicesheds)
plural servicesheds
- biologyThe geographical region that supplies ecosystem services to a beneficiary.
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.
2016, Harold Mooney, Ecosystems of California, page 270
Origin
From service + shed, modelled on watershed.
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