Does a crisis matter? Forest policy responses to the mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 459-470

  Nelson, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 35548965611     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2007.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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