Ecosystem services from agriculture: Steps for expanding markets

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2085-2092

  Ribaudo, Marc ^a   Greene, Catherine ^a   Hansen, LeRoy ^a   Hellerstein, Daniel ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand; Ecosystem service; Market; Social good

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INVESTMENT INCENTIVE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MARKET SYSTEM; PUBLIC GOODS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956173597     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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