The eco-price: How environmental emergy equates to currency

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-140

  Campbell, Elliott T ^a   Tilley, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco price; Ecosystem service; Emergy; Environmental accounting; Natural capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894879065     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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