The role of ancillary benefits on the value of agricultural soils carbon sequestration programmes: Evidence from a latent class approach to Andalusian olive groves

Ecological Economics

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-73

  Rodríguez Entrena, Macario ^a   Espinosa Goded, María ^b   Barreiro Hurlé, Jesús ^c  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancillary benefits; Carbon sequestration; Environmental valuation; Latent class modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LAND MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84893348264     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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