Economic science, endangered species, and biodiversity loss

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-119

  Bulte, Erwin ^a,b   Van Kooten, G C ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA;

EID: 0034031505     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.98390.x     Document Type: Article

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