The use of habitat equivalency analysis in natural resource damage assessments

Ecological Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-70

  Dunford, Richard W ^a   Ginn, Thomas C ^b   Desvousges, William H ^a  

^a Triangle Economic Research   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Damages; Habitat; Natural resources; NRDA; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; OIL SPILL;

EID: 0742267841     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2003.07.011     Document Type: Article

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