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Letter to the editor: Using classification systems to integrate ecosystem services with decision making tools
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John Finisdore, Karl A. Lamothe, Charles Rhodes, Carl Obst, Pieter Booth, Roy Haines-Young, Marc Russell, Joel Robert Houdet, Simone Maynard, Jeffrey Wielgus, Petrina Rowcroft
Piloting urban ecosystem accounting for the United States
In this study, we develop urban ecosystem accounts in the U.S., using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA) framework. Most ecosystem accounts focus on regional and national scales, which are appropriate for many ecosystem services. However, ecosystems provide substantial services in cities, improving quality of life and contributing to resili
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Mehdi Heris, Kenneth J. Bagstad, Charles Rhodes, Austin Troy, Ariane Middel, Kristina G. Hopkins, John Matuszak
National ecosystem services classification system (NESCS) plus
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Tammy Newcomer-Johnson, Faye Andrews, Joel Corona, Theodore H. DeWitt, Matthew C. Harwell, Charles Rhodes, Paul Ringold, Marc J. Russell, Paramita Sinha, George Van Houtven
Memorial to Waite Osterkamp 1939-2020
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Julio L. Betancourt, John R. Gray, Cliff R. Hupp, Wijlliam W. Emmett, Terry Toy
Farmer behavior under groundwater management scenarios: Implications for groundwater conservation in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Concern about sustained availability of fresh groundwater for agricultural use in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) mounts as groundwater levels decline. We evaluate elasticities of demand for groundwater and other agricultural inputs, as well as overall and output specific economies of scale for four major irrigated commodities (rice, corn, soybeans, and cotton) in the MAP region. Additionally
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Mustapha Alhassan, Emily J. Pindilli, Collin B Lawrence
Scenarios for valuing sample information in natural resources
Uncertainty is ubiquitous in natural resource systems, science and management. Sample data are obtained in order to reduce uncertainty, thereby increasing knowledge and improving resource management, but sampling always comes at a cost of some sort. Is that cost worthwhile? Analysis of the value of sample information (VSI) addresses this question.In this paper we develop the valuation of sample in
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Byron K. Williams, Eleanor D. Brown
Supporting natural resource-management decisions — The role of economics at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) — 2018 DOI Economics Training Workshop
The second U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Economics Training Workshop (hereafter “Workshop”) was held during September 25–27, 2018, in Washington, D.C., to identify, highlight, and better understand needs and opportunities for economic analysis to support DOI’s mission. Building on the first workshop in 2017, the second Workshop, jointly convened by the DOI Office of Policy Analysis and the
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Mustapha Alhassan, Emily J. Pindilli, Christian S.L. Crowley, Carl D. Shapiro, Benjamin M. Simon
Economic valuation of health benefits from using geologic data to communicate radon risk potential
Background: Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer worldwide and represents a major health concern within and outside the United States. Mitigating exposure to radon is especially critical in places with high rates of tobacco smoking (e.g., Kentucky, USA), as radon-induced lung cancer is markedly greater among people exposed to tobacco smoke. Despite homes being a common source
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Scott J. Chiavacci, Carl D. Shapiro, Emily J. Pindilli, Clyde F. Casey, Mary Kay Rayens, Amanda T. Wiggins, William M. Andrews, Ellen J. Hahn
Climate dipoles as continental drivers of plant and animal populations
Ecological processes, such as migration and phenology, are strongly influenced by climate variability. Studying these processes often relies on associating observations of animals and plants with climate variability indices, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. A characteristic of climate indices is the simultaneous emergence of opposite extremes of temperature and precipitation across contin
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Benjamin Zuckerberg, Courtenay Strong, Jalene LaMontagne, Scott St. George, Julio L. Betancourt, Walter D. Koenig
Paleo-metagenomics of North American fossil packrat middens: Past biodiversity revealed by ancient DNA
Fossil rodent middens are powerful tools in paleoecology. In arid parts of western North America, packrat (Neotoma spp.) middens preserve plant and animal remains for tens of thousands of years. Midden contents are so well preserved that fragments of endogenous ancient DNA (aDNA) can be extracted and analyzed across millennia. Here, we explore the use of shotgun metagenomics to study the aDNA obta
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Grace Moore, Michael Tessler, Seth Cunningham, Julio L. Betancourt, Robert Harbert
Multi-resource analysis: A proof of concept study of natural resource tradeoffs in the Piceance Basin, Colorado, using the net resources assessment (NetRA) decision support tool
Executive SummaryThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing a multi-resource analysis (MRA) line of products to inform land-use decision makers. Specifically, MRA products will integrate scientific information, include considerations for natural resource interrelations, and quantify the effects of resource management decisions in biophysical, economic, and societal terms. As part of the estab
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Richard Bernknopf, Craig Broadbent, Dadhi Adhikari, Saleh Mamun, Vince Tidwell, Christopher Babis, Emily J. Pindilli
Employing an ecosystem services framework to deliver decision ready science
Public land managers have limited information to allow for the integration and balancing of multiple objectives in land management decisions including the social (cultural and health), economic (monetary and nonmonetary), and environmental aspects. In this article, we document an approach to consider the many facets of decision making by incorporating them into a decision context using an ecosyst
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Emily J. Pindilli, Dianna M. Hogan, Zhiliang Zhu