An ecological economic assessment of risk-reducing effects of species diversity in managed grasslands

Ecological Economics

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-97

  Finger, Robert ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grassland; Insurance value; Risk; Species diversity; Stability; Yield

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GRASSLAND; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 84920982581     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.12.019     Document Type: Article

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