A comparison of price, rarity and cost of butterfly specimens: Implications for the insect trade and for habitat conservation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Slone, Thomas H ^a,b   Orsak, Larry J ^c   Malver, Olaf ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Christensen Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

^d Wings for the Earth   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Conservation; Insect trade; Papua New Guinea; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA;

CONSERVATION IMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXTRACTIVE RESERVE; FOREST CONSERVATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INSECT TRADE; INSECTS; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDLIFE TRADE; WILDLIFE UTILISATION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0030617820     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(96)00096-1     Document Type: Article

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