Incentive Structure of and Private Landowner Participation in an Endangered Species Conservation Program;Estructura de los Incentivos Para Propietarios Privados y Su Participación en Un Programa de Conservación de Especies

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 587-596

  Sorice, Michael G ^a,b   Haider, Wolfgang ^b   Conner, J Richard ^a   Ditton, Robert B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Incentive programs; Private lands; Reasoned action; Stated choice model; Working lands

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; INCENTIVE; LAND COVER; LANDOWNER; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRDS; TEXAS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PASSERI;

EID: 79955875614     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01673.x     Document Type: Article

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