The impact of land-use change on ecosystem services, biodiversity and returns to landowners: A case study in the state of Minnesota

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-242

  Polasky, Stephen ^a   Nelson, Erik ^b,c   Pennington, Derric ^a   Johnson, Kris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Land use; Net social benefits; Private returns to landowners; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; WATER QUALITY;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; PRIVATE RETURNS TO LANDOWNERS; SOCIAL BENEFITS; TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY; TRADEOFFS; VALUE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT QUALITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDOWNER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SONGBIRD; WATER QUALITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

PASSERI;

EID: 79551527650     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9407-0     Document Type: Article

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