What drives long-run biodiversity change? New insights from combining economics, palaeoecology and environmental history

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-20

  Hanley, Nick ^a   Tinch, Dugald ^a   Angelopoulos, Konstantinos ^b   Davies, Althea ^a   Barbier, Edward B ^c   Watson, Fiona ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Biodiversity; Instrumental variables; Palaeoecology; Panel models

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DATA SETS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; LAND OWNERSHIPS; NEW APPROACHES; PALAEOECOLOGY; PANEL MODELS; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPLY AND DEMANDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 60349129205     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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