Getting serious about maintaining biodiversity

Conservation Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-17

  Blignaut, James N ^a   Aronson, James ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d ASSET Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Discount rates; Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Restoring natural capital(RNC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849116496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2008.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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