Choice experiment assessment of public preferences for forest structural attributes

Ecological Economics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-23

  Giergiczny, Marek ^a   Czajkowski, Mikołaj ^a   Zylicz, Tomasz ^a   Angelstam, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choice modeling; Forest characteristics; Forest management; Recreational value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939606147     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.07.032     Document Type: Article

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