Extending Weitzman's economic ranking of biodiversity protection: Combining ecological and genetic considerations

Ecological Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 218-223

  Van Der Heide, C Martijn ^a   Van Den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^b   Van Ierland, Ekko C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Economic analysis; Endangered species; Evaluation criteria; Survival probabilities

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 25844445951     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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