A method for calculating minimum biodiversity offset multipliers accounting for time discounting, additionality and permanence

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1247-1254

  Laitila, Jussi ^a   Moilanen, Atte ^a   Pouzols, Federico M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compensation ratio; Decision support tool; Mitigation ratio; No net loss; Offset ratio; Offsetability; Replacement ratio; Time discounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913587464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12287     Document Type: Article

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