Identifying Priority Areas for Forest Landscape Restoration to Protect Ridgelines and Hillsides: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-294

  Chadourne, Matthew H ^a   Cho, Seong Hoon ^a   Roberts, Roland K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 84860915226     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2012.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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