Uncertainty in ecosystem services valuation and implications for assessing land use tradeoffs: An agricultural case study in the Minnesota River Basin

Ecological Economics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-79

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural systems; Ecosystem services; Scenarios; Uncertainty; Valuation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INCENTIVE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

MINNESOTA; MINNESOTA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862205831     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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