Thresholds and complementarities in an economic model of preserving and conserving biodiversity

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-172

  Kohn, Robert E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0033150480     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0121(99)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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