Optimal control of population recovery - the role of economic restoration threshold

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-35

  Lampert, Adam ^a   Hastings, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Conservation; Dynamic programming; Ecosystem services; Optimal control; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOECONOMICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSERVATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LETTER; OPTIMAL CONTROL; POPULATION GROWTH; RESTITUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOECONOMICS; CONSERVATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; OPTIMAL CONTROL; RESTORATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 84890554259     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12199     Document Type: Article

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