Selecting biological reserves cost-effectively: an application to terrestrial vertebrate conservation in Oregon.

Concerns that the loss of habitat have greatly increased species extinction rates has led to calls for establishing biological reserves to preserve key habitat. In this paper, we study reserve site selection for terrestrial vertebrates in Oregon using data on species ranges and land values. We find...

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Published in:	Land Economics Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 68 - 79
Main Authors:	Polasky, Stephen, Camm, Jeffrey D., Garber-Yonts, Brian
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press February 2001
Subjects:	Opportunity costs Biodiversity Valuation of real property Rare animals Wildlife conservation Economics National parks & reserves Oregon
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