Institutional analysis of payments for watershed services in the western United States

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-93

  Huber Stearns, Heidi R ^a   Goldstein, Joshua H ^b   Cheng, Antony S ^a   Toombs, Theodore P ^a,c  

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

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Ecosystem services; Environmental governance; Incentives; Water rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945533691     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.10.009     Document Type: Article

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