Supply of an ecosystem service-Farmers' willingness to adopt riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-109

  Buckley, Cathal ^a   Hynes, Stephen ^b   Mechan, Sarah ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Farmers; Riparian buffer zone; Willingness to accept

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COST; IRELAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84870240347     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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