The Ability of Landowners and Their Cooperatives to Leverage Payments Greater Than Opportunity Costs from Conservation Contracts

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-634

  Lennox, Gareth D ^a   Armsworth, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Agricultural cooperatives; Agrienvironment schemes; Conservation auctions; Conservation contracting; Payments for environmental services; Site selection

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; LANDOWNER; OPTIMIZATION;

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MOTIVATION; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 84878116674     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12039     Document Type: Article

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