Agent-based modeling of the effects of social norms on enrollment in payments for ecosystem services

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 229, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-24

  Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Lupi, Frank ^b   An, Li ^c   Sheely, Ryan ^a   Viña, Andrés ^b   Liu, Jianguo ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Conservation investments; Grain to Green Program; Payments for ecosystem services; Social norms

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELING; AGENT-BASED SIMULATION MODELS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; GIANT PANDA; GRAIN-TO-GREEN PROGRAM; MULTIPLE WAVES; PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; PROTECTION AND RESTORATION; SOCIAL NORM; WOLONG NATURE RESERVE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVESTMENTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INVESTMENT; LANDHOLDING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857447696     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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