Estimating the value of watershed services following forest restoration

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1773-1781

  Mueller, Julie M ^a   Swaffar, Wes ^b   Nielsen, Erik A ^b   Springer, Abraham E ^b   Lopez, Sharon Masek ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; contingent valuation; forest restoration; watershed services

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; CONTINGENT VALUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FOREST RESTORATION; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; NON-MARKET BENEFITS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CONSERVATION;

AFFORESTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST HEALTH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY; THINNING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; SURFACE WATER; USA; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877980863     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20163     Document Type: Article

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