Sustainability science, or the science that focuses on human-nature relationships (MA 2005; Perrings 2007; Perrings et al. 2011), is increasing in research forums particularly through the application of the ecosystem service concept in environmental conservation and management (Seppelt et al. 2011; Burkhard et al. 2012a). Over the past two decades, the ecosystem service concept has gained importance among scientists, managers, and policy-makers worldwide as a way to communicate societal dependence on ecological life support systems integrating both the natural and social science perspectives (Bastian et al. 2012). Many international initiatives, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (Carpenter et al. 2009; de Groot et al. 2010; Seppelt et al. 2011; Burkhard et al. 2012a), have developed interdisciplinary frameworks to tackle the different value dimensions in which ecosystems benefit society and, therefore, make the ecosystem service concept operational.