serviceshed

English

Etymology

From service +‎ shed.

Noun

serviceshed (plural servicesheds)

1. (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.