Benefit transfer: A review of methodologies and challenges

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Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 517-527

  Boutwell, James L ^a   Westra, John V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit transfer; Ecosystem services; Meta analysis; Non market valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006364081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/resources2040517     Document Type: Review

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