Efficient ecosystem services and naturalness in an ecological/economic model

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 733-755

  Eichner, Thomas ^a   Tschirhart, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Harvesting; Naturalness

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; NATURALNESS; STEADY-STATE POPULATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; HARVESTING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURALNESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447515213     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9065-4     Document Type: Article

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