Valuing ecosystem services from wetlands restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1051-1061

  Jenkins, W Aaron ^a   Murray, Brian C ^a   Kramer, Randall A ^a   Faulkner, Stephen P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Ecosystem markets; Ecosystem service; Market value; Social value; Wetlands Reserve Program

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LANDOWNER; PRIVATE LAND; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 77749308464     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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