Protected area effectiveness in European Russia: A postmatching panel data analysis

Land Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-168

  Wendland, Kelly J ^a,b,c,d   Baumann, Matthias ^a,b,c,d   Lewis, D J ^a,b,c,d   Sieber, Anika ^a,b,c,d   Radeloff, Volker C ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PANEL DATA; PROTECTED AREA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84921646100     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: 15438325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.91.1.149     Document Type: Article

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