Economic consequences of pollinator declines: A synthesis

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 368-383

  Bauer, Dana Marie ^a   Wing, Ian Sue ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium modeling; Ecosystem services; Food security; Pollinators; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953152904     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500007371     Document Type: Article

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