Service providing units, existence values and the valuation of endangered species: A methodological test

Ecological Economics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 97-104

  Kontogianni, A ^a   Tourkolias, C ^a   Machleras, A ^a   Skourtos, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Existence value; Greece; Marine ecosystem services; Mediterranean monk seal; Service providing unit

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED; POLICY MAKING; SURVEY;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MONACHUS MONACHUS;

EID: 84862233767     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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