How does economic risk aversion affect biodiversity?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-109

  Mouysset, L ^a,b   Doyen, L ^a   Jiguet, F ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bio economic modeling; Biodiversity; Diversification; Economic drivers; Farmland birds; France; Risk aversion; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CALIBRATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; MACROECONOMICS; RISK FACTOR; SUSTAINABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

AVES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNCERTAINTY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FRANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875766756     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1887.1     Document Type: Article

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