Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a key topic in conservation and agricultural research.
Decision makers need evidence‐based information to design sustainable management …

This book explains how to use stated preference survey methods to measure people's
preferences based on decision making in hypothetical choice situations. Along with giving …

This clear and concise book provides a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the
contingent valuation method as applied to the profound social problem of biodiversity …

A stated-preference approach is used to elicit the attitudes of the general public towards
coyote conservation. The payment vehicle is presented in a way that explicitly prompts …

Economic theory assumes that willingness to pay (WTP) increases with the quantity of the
consumed good. This implies that there should be a scope effect in contingent valuation …

A successful implementation of a mammalian conservation policy requires knowledge of
how people value animals. Little is known about how people value large carnivores. The …

Using the contingent behavior method, we estimate the benefits derived from the
biomitigative effects of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) in the farming of Atlantic …

Biodiversity valuation studies often address the willingness to pay (WTP) for species
survival. Many policy initiatives, however, target more generally the population levels of …

Welfare change estimates obtained from discrete-response contingent valuation
experiments normally assume a particular distribution of willingness-to-pay (WTP). Using …

Ecotourism can be an important tool for protecting biodiversity in developing countries.
Tourists have preferences for viewing charismatic species and for their conservation, but our …