More than total economic value: How to combine economic valuation of biodiversity with ecological resilience

Ecological Economics

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-122

  Admiraal, Jeroen F ^a   Wossink, Ada ^b   de Groot, Wouter T ^a,c   de Snoo, Geert R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystem services; Functional diversity; Insurance value; Portfolio theory; Total economic value

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; NATURAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY; VALUATION;

EID: 84875501988     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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