Ecological services to and from rangelands of the United States

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-268

  Havstad, Kris M ^a   Peters, Debra P C ^a   Skaggs, Rhonda ^b   Brown, Joel ^c   Bestelmeyer, Brandon ^a   Fredrickson, Ed ^a   Herrick, Jeffrey ^a   Wright, Jack ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon sequestration; Conservation incentives; Ecological remediation; Natural ecosystems; Provisioning services

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RANGELAND; REMEDIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549056975     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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