How much is that birdie in my backyard? A cross-continental economic valuation of native urban songbirds

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 251-266

  Clucas, Barbara ^a   Rabotyagov, Sergey ^b   Marzluff, John M ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Human surveys; Urban wildlife; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939889180     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0392-x     Document Type: Article

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