Accounting for the ecosystem services of migratory species: Quantifying migration support and spatial subsidies

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2236-2242

  Semmens, Darius J ^a   Diffendorfer, James E ^a   López Hoffman, Laura ^b   Shapiro, Carl D ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation markets; Ecosystem services; Migration; Spatial dynamics; Subsidies; Valuation

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; VALUATION;

EID: 81155160969     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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