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Creator:: Rashford, Benjamin S.
Abstract:: Wildlife managers are on the front lines of the effort to conserve wildlife and are required to do so cost-effectively. This dissertation consists of three manuscripts that integrate economics and ecology to inform cost-effective wildlife management. The first and second manuscripts focus on identifying cost-effective wildlife management plans. The third...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . JunJie Wu, Dr. Bruce Dugger and Dr. A. Scott Reed, for their valuable and thoughtful contributions

Creator:: Berrens, Robert Patrick, 1962-
Abstract:: Despite several decades of research developments, the survey-based contingent valuation (CV) method remains one of the most controversial topics in environmental economics. As the procedure matures and more applied studies are completed, there is increasing pressure to make the results policy relevant. This research is composed of three distinct yet...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Bruce Rettig, graduate committee member, has shared his time and broad knowledge of environmental and

Creator:: Cerda, Arcadio Alberto
Abstract:: This thesis focuses on the economic efficiency of alternative habitat, streamfiow, and land use allocations within a major drainage of the Pacific Northwest. Specifically, productivity of present habitat and streamfiow conditions is evaluated with respect to anadromous fish species (chinook salmon and steelhead trout) in the John Day River Basin,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Love, Dr. Bruce Rettig, and Dr. Frederick Smith, who assisted the completion of this thesis. A

Creator:: Hong, Seonghoon
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: preparation of this dissertation. I also wish to thank to my advisory committee, Drs. H. Alan Love, R. Bruce

Creator:: Costello, Christopher J
Abstract:: See pdf
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and an unlimited supply of innovative ideas; Dr. R. Bruce Rettig for always leaving his door open to

Creator:: Taylor, Michael L. (Michael Lester), 1960-
Abstract:: Changes in the structure of the U.S. agricultural industry since World War II have transformed it into a highly productive component of the domestic economy. But these changes have not occurred without indirect costs. For example, the reliance on agricultural chemicals has produced environmental effects causing growing concern. In addition,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Eichers, P. Andrilerias, and T.W. Anderson, Farmers' Use of Pesticides in 1976, USDA-ERS, Ag. Economic

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