Evaluating the Return in Ecosystem Services from Investment in Public Land Acquisitions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kovacs, Kent ^a   Polasky, Stephen ^b   Nelson, Erik ^c   Keeler, Bonnie L ^b   Pennington, Derric ^d   Plantinga, Andrew J ^e   Taff, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND COST; LAND USE; PUBLIC LAND ACQUISITION; RECREATION; RETURN ON INVESTMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84878946991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062202     Document Type: Article

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