Elephants or onions? Paying for nature in Amboseli, Kenya

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-414

  Bulte, Erwin H ^a   Boone, Randall B ^b   Stringer, Randy ^c   Thornton, Philip K ^d,e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 44049084170     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004312     Document Type: Article

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