Texas landowner perceptions regarding ecosystem services and cost-sharing land management programs

Ecological Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-260

  Olenick, Keith L ^a,b   Kreuter, Urs P ^b   Conner, J Richard ^b  

^a Plateau Land and Wildlife Management   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush management; Carbon sequestration; Mail survey; Water yield; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

EDWARDS AQUIFER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18844431362     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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