Ecological structure and functions of biodiversity as elements of its total economic value

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-328

  Fromm, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cost benefit analysis; Ecological functions; Ecological structure; Ignorance; Nonsubstitutability; Safe minimum standard; Total economic value

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUE;

CODES (STANDARDS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NATURAL RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0034234055     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008359022814     Document Type: Article

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