Public preferences for compensatory mitigation of salt marsh losses: A contingent choice of alternatives

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 401-411

  Bauer, Dana Marie ^a   Cyr, Nicole E ^a   Swallow, Stephen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent choice; Mitigation; Preservation; Restoration; Salt marsh; Valuation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; CONTINGENT VALUATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH;

NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842714408     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00367.x     Document Type: Review

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