ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AS COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE REGIONS OF THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA
The article empirically verifies a set of unique ecosystem services determining competitive advantages of the regions of the South of Russia, when the environment-forming, life-supporting and consumer values of ecosystem welfare are involved in economic turnover. In practical terms, the ecosystem adaptation vector of formation and development of the South Russian economy is disscussed, assuming reproduction coupled with traditional natural resource benefits of ecosystem services.