Community acceptance of biodiversity offsets: evidence from a choice experiment

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 95-114

  Burton, Michael ^a   Rogers, Abbie ^a   Richert, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UMR G EAU   (France)

Author keywords

biodiversity offsets; choice experiment; migratory birds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MIGRATORY SPECIES;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 84965118397     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12151     Document Type: Article

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