Agriculture and ecosystem restoration in South Florida: Assessing trade-offs from water-retention development in the everglades agricultural area

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 183-195

  Aillery, Marcel ^a   Shoemaker, Robbin ^a   Caswell, Margriet ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Ecosystem management; Everglades agricultural area; Soil subsidence; Water retention

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EROSION CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER PLANNING;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035061606     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00146     Document Type: Article

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