Drivers of landholder participation in tender programs for Australian biodiversity conservation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-153

  Blackmore, Louise ^a   Doole, Graeme J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity conservation; Conservation tender; Landholder participation; Market based instrument; Maximum entropy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRIVER; ENTROPY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FARMING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LIKERT SCALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84880320544     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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