How much are Mediterranean forests worth?

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 536-545

  Croitoru, Lelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean forests; TEV

Indexed keywords

DATA LIMITATIONS; FOREST BENEFITS; FOREST VALUE; MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS;

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FORESTRY;

DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; FORESTRY;

TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS;

EID: 33845481777     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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