Valuing ecosystem services using benefit transfer: Separating credible and incredible approaches

Valuing Ecosystem Services: Methodological Issues and Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 78-89

  Loomis, John ^a   Richardson, Leslie ^b   Kroeger, Timm ^c   Casey, Frank ^d  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 84938737001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781955161.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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