Wetlands retention and optimal management of waterfowl habitat under climate change

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Withey, Patrick ^a   Van Kooten, G Cornelis ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Climate change; Land use change; Positive mathematical programming; Prairie pothole region; Wetlands conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905011456     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Belcher, K., C. K. Edwards, and B. Gray. "Ecological Fiscal Reform and Agricultural Landscapes, Analysis of Economic Instruments: Conservation Cover Incentive Program." Background paper, National Roundtable on the Economy and Environment, Ottawa, Ontario, 2001.
2. Brander, L. M., R. J. G. M. Florax, and J. E. Vermaat. "The Empirics of Wetland Valuation: A Comprehensive Summary and a Meta-Analysis of the Literature." Environmental and Resource Economics 33(2006):223-250.
3. Brassard, J., and B. Singh. "Impacts of Climate Change and CO2 Increase on Agricultural Production and Adaptation Options for Southern Québec, Canada." Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 13(2008):241-265.
4. Brklacich, M., C. Bryant, B. Veenhof, and A. Beauchesne. "Implications of Global Climatic Change for Canadian Agriculture: A Review and Appraisal of Research from 1984-1997." In Canada Country Study: Climate Impacts and Adaptation, Ottawa, Ontario: Environment Canada, 1999, 220-256.
5. Brklacich, M., R. Stewart, V. Kirkwood, and R. Muma. "Effects of Global Climate Change on Wheat Yields in the Canadian Prairie." In C. Rosenzweig, A. Iglesias, R. Benioff, and J. Smith, eds., Implications of Climate Change for International Agriculture: Crop Modeling Study,Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1994, 1-23.
6. Brown, G. M., and J. Hammack. "Dynamic Economic Management of Migratory Waterfowl." Review of Economics and Statistics 55(1973):73-82.
7. Brown, G. M., J. Hammack, and M. F. Tillman. "Mallard Population Dynamics and Management Models." Journal of Wildlife Management 40(1976):542-555.
8. Cortus, B. G., S. R. Jeffrey, J. R. Unterschultz, and P. C. Boxall. "The Economics of Wetland Drainage and Retention in Saskatchewan." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 59(2011):109-126.
9. de Frahan, B. H., J. Buysse, P. Polome, B. Fernagut, O. Harmignie, L. Lauwers, G. van Huylenbroeck, and J. van Meensel. "Positive Mathematical Programming for Agricultural and Environmental Policy Analysis: Review and Practice." In A. Weintraub, et al., ed., Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources, No. 99 in International Series in Operations Research and Management Science. New York: Springer Science, 2007, 129-154.
10. Hammack, J., and G. M. Brown. Waterfowl and Wetlands: Toward Bioeconomic Analysis. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future, 1974.
11. Heckelei, T., W. Britz, and Y. Zhang. "Positive Mathematical Programming Approaches -Recent Developments in Literature and Applied Modelling." Bio-Based and Applied Economics 1(2012):109-124.
12. Howitt, R. E. "Positive Mathematical Programming." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77(1995):329-342.
13. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
14. Johnson, F. A., C. T. Moore, W. L. Kendall, and J. A. Dubovsky. "Uncertainty and the Management of Mallard Harvests." Journal of Wildlife Management 61(1997):202-216.
15. Johnson, W. C., B. V. Millett, T. Gilmanov, and R. A. Voldseth. "Vulnerability of Northern Prairie Wetlands to Climate Change." Bioscience 55(2005):863-872.
16. Johnson, W. C., B. Werner, G. R. Guntenspergen, and R. A. Voldseth. "Prairie Wetland Complexes as Landscape Functional Units in a Changing Climate." BioScience 60(2010):128-140.
17. Larson, D. L. "Effects of Climate on Numbers of Northern Prairie Wetlands." Climatic Change 30(1995):169-180.
18. Mitsch, W. J., and J. G. Gosselink. Wetlands. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley , 2007, 4th ed. Mussell, A. Effect of Mandated Biodiesel Blend on Canadian Canola. Guelph, Ontario: George Morris Centre for Policy Analysis, 2006. Available online at http://www.canolacouncil.org/media/505206/al-mussell-pres.pdf. Ojima, D. S., and J. M. Lackett. "Preparing for a Changing Climate: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change." A Report of the Central Great Plains Regional Assessment Group for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Central Great Plains Steering Committee and Assessment Team, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2002.
19. Paris, Q. Economic Foundations of Symmetric Programming. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
20. Parry, M., C. Rosenzweig, A. Iglesias, G. Fischer, and M. Livermore. "Climate Change and World Food Security: A New Assessment." Global Environmental Change 9(1999):S51-S67.
21. Prairie Habitat Joint Venture. Prairie Habitat Joint Venture: Implementation Plan 2007-2012.
22. Edmonton, Alberta: Environment Canada, 2008. Revised May 2009. Available online at http://www.phjv.ca/pdf/PHJV%20Implementation%20Plan%20090506-lowres. pdf. Robertson, S. M. A Spatial Model of Agricultural Land Use with Climate Change for the Canadian Prairies. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 2012.
23. Rosenzweig, C., and F. Tubiello. "Effects of Changes in Minimum and Maximum Temperature on Wheat Yields in the Central U.S.: A Simulation Study." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 80(1996):215-230.
24. Schlenker,W., and M. J. Roberts. "Nonlinear Temperature Effects Indicate Severe Damages to U.S. Crop Yields under Climate Change." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106(2009):15,594-15,598.
25. Searchinger, T., R. Heimlich, R. A. Houghton, F. Dong, A. Elobeid, J. Fabiosa, S. Tokgoz, D. Hayes, and T. Yu. "Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases through Emissions from Land-Use Change." Science 319(2008):1238-1240.
26. Sorenson, L. G., R. Goldberg, T. L. Root, and M. G. Anderson. "Potential Effects of Global Warming on Waterfowl Populations Breeding in the Northern Great Plains." Climatic Change 40(1998):343-369.
27. Statistics Canada. "2006 Census of Agriculture." 2007. Available online at http://www.statcan.gc.ca/ca-ra2006/index-eng.htm.
28. Stewart, I. "Drought." In The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: A Living Legacy, Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 2006. Available online at http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/drought. html. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey Strata Estimate Data. Washington, DC: Division of Migratory Bird Management, Migratory Bird Data Center, 2010. Available online at http://migbirdapps.fws.gov/and http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds. van Kooten, G. C., P. Whitey, and L.Wong. "Bioeconomic Modelling ofWetlands andWaterfowl in Western Canada: Accounting for Amenity Values." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 59(2011):167-183.
29. Weber, M., and G. Hauer. "A Regional Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Canadian Agriculture." Canadian Public Policy 29(2003):163-180.
30. Withey, P., and G. C. van Kooten. "The Effect of Climate Change on Optimal Wetlands and Waterfowl Management in Western Canada." Ecological Economics 70(2011):798-805.
31. "The Effect of Climate Change on Wetlands and Waterfowl in Western Canada: Incorporating Cropping Decisions into a Bioeconomic Model." Natural Resource Modeling 26(2013):305-330.
32. Woodward, R. T., and Y. Wui. "The Economic Value of Wetland Services: A Meta-Analysis." Ecological Economics 37(2001):257-270.