Modeling the economics of biodiversity and environmental heterogeneity

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-58

  Brock, William ^a   Kinzig, Ann ^b   Perrings, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental heterogeneity; Externality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY LOSS; ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY; EXTERNALITY; LAND CONVERSION; LAND-USE DECISIONS; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; MULTIPLE SPECIES; OPTIMAL STRUCTURES;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HABITAT LOSS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 77950690027     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9333-1     Document Type: Article

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