An economic assessment of the potential for predator management to benefit Puerto Rican parrots

Ecological Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-292

  Engeman, Richard M ^a   Shwiff, Stephanie A ^a   Cano, Felipe ^b   Constantin, Bernice ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Caribbean Natl Forest Catalina W   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Benefit cost ratios endangered species; Predation management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PREDATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ACCIPITRINAE; AMAZONA VITTATA; AVES; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CARNIVORA; FELIS CATUS; HERPESTES JAVANICUS; HERPESTIDAE; MARGAROPS FUSCATUS; MIMIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0345530992     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00143-5     Document Type: Article

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