Relative and absolute scarcity of nature: assessing the roles of economics and ecology for biodiversity conservation

Our aim in this essay is to identify and analyze some of the difficulties with interdisciplinary integration of economic and ecological contributions to the study of biodiversity loss. We develop our analysis from a widely accepted definition of economics which is based on the concept of scarcity. T...

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Main Authors:	Baumgärtner, Stefan (Author) , Becker, Christian (Author) , Faber, Malte (Author) , Manstetten, Reiner (Author)
Format:	Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Heidelberg University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics September 2004
Series:	Discussion Paper Series / Universität Heidelberg, Department of Economics no. 412
In:	Discussion paper series (no. 412)
Subjects:	Arbeitspapier Graue Literatur
Online Access:	Resolving-System, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/127234 Verlag, Volltext: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/fak18/awi/publications/papers/dp412.pdf
Author Notes:	Stefan Baumgärtner, Christian Becker, Malte Faber and Reiner Manstetten