Chapter 59 Land Use: Forest, Agriculture, and Biodiversity Competition

Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2979-3007

  Sedjo, Roger A ^a   Simpson, R David ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological diversity; forestry; land use; productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049134496     PISSN: 15740072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0072(06)03059-3     Document Type: Review

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