Choice-experiment valuation of management alternatives for reintroduction of the endangered mountain goral in woraksan national park, South Korea

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 534-543

  Han, Sang Yoel ^a   Lee, Choong Ki ^b   Mjelde, James W ^c   Kim, Tae Kyun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiment method; Mountain goral; Reintroduction; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONES; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; CORE ZONES; CURRENT STATUS; DECISION MAKERS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MANAGEMENT COSTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MOUNTAIN GORAL; NATIONAL PARKS; PRIMARY DATA; REINTRODUCTION; SOUTH KOREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; LANDFORMS; PARKS;

EXPERIMENTS;

ANIMALIA; NAEMORHEDUS GORAL;

EID: 78649470147     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.512874     Document Type: Article

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