Linkage of conservation activity to trends in the U.S. economy

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1617-1623

  Pergams, Oliver R W ^a,d   Czech, Brian ^b   Haney, J Christopher ^c   Nyberg, Dennis ^d  

^a BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^b National Wildlife Refuge System   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Conservation; Econometrics; Economic growth; Economic trends; Financing; Forecasting; Steady state economy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

JONES;

EID: 10644287869     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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