Economic valuation of forest recreation in an alpine valley

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-175

  Grilli, Gianluca ^a   Paletto, Alessandro ^a   De Meo, Isabella ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benefit Transfer method; Economic evaluation; Mountain forests; Tourism and recreation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925829083     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: 20299230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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