Valuation of ecosystem services from wetlands mitigation in the United States

Land

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 182-196

  Adusumilli, Naveen ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Agricultural Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit function transfer; Clean water act; Ecosystem; Mitigation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965102851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land4010182     Document Type: Article

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