The value of biodiversity: Markets, society, and ecosystems

Land Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-41

  Gowdy, John M ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE;

EID: 0031463771     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147075     Document Type: Article

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