Valuing Ecosystem Services in Terms of Ecological Risks and Returns;Valoración de los Servicios del Ecosistema en Términos de Riesgos y Beneficios Ecológicos

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-258

  Abson, David J ^a   Termansen, Mette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conservation Policy; Ecological Risk; Economic Valuation; Ecosystem Services; Value Theory

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOOK; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952721249     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01623.x     Document Type: Book

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