What Environmental Economists Think Every Conservation Biologist Should Know: Reply to Gowdy et al.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 628-630

  Petrolia, Daniel R ^a   Interis, Matthew G ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NOTE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 79955787374     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01668.x     Document Type: Note

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