Regional credit market for species conservation: Developing the fort hood recovery credit system

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 423-431

  Wolfe, David W ^a   Hays, K Brian ^b   Farrell, Shannon L ^b   Baggett, Susan ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity credit; Conservation bank; Conservation reserve program; Endangered species; Endangered species act; Incentives; Landowners; Market; Recovery; Section 7.

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LANDOWNER; LIZARD; MITIGATION; REGIONAL TRADE; SONGBIRD; STAKEHOLDER;

COLORADO; FORT HOOD; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS PARVIDENS; DENDROICA CHRYSOPARIA; SCELOPORUS ARENICOLUS; SETOPHAGA; SQUAMATA; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS; VIREO; VIREO ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 84871281634     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.184     Document Type: Article

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