Ecological integrity as an economic variable: An application to forested landscapes in the southern United States

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-45

  Raunikar, Ronald ^a   Buongiorno, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological diversity; Environmental Kuznets curve; Growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGGREGATE INDEX; ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS (FIA); FORESTED LANDSCAPE; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL ARRAY;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; KUZNETS CURVE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549058853     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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