Classification and valuation of soil ecosystem services

JÖG Jónsson, B Davíðsdóttir - Agricultural Systems, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil ecosystem services (ES) provide multiple benefits to humans but to date no consensus
has formed on a comprehensive framework for their classification and economic valuation …

Orchard management, soil organic carbon and ecosystem services in Mediterranean fruit tree crops

G Montanaro, C Xiloyannis, V Nuzzo, B Dichio - Scientia Horticulturae, 2017 - Elsevier
Agriculture is not only appointed to produce food but has the potential to provide a range of
ecosystem services (ES) depending on the management options adopted at field scale …

Spatial quantification and valuation of cultural ecosystem services in an agricultural landscape

DB Van Berkel, PH Verburg - Ecological indicators, 2014 - Elsevier
While the spatial and economic quantification and valuation of ecosystem services is
becoming increasingly recognised as a way to communicate the importance of ecosystem …

Ecosystem services and agriculture: Cultivating agricultural ecosystems for diverse benefits

SM Swinton, F Lupi, GP Robertson, SK Hamilton - Ecological economics, 2007 - Elsevier
Crop and rangelands are over 25% of the Earth's land area, and they are expanding.
Agricultural ecosystems rely on a suite of supporting ecosystem services to provide food …

Conjoint analysis for environmental evaluation: a review of methods and applications

S Alriksson, T Öberg - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background, Aim and Scope Conjoint analysis and the related choice-modelling
methods have been used for many years in marketing research to evaluate consumer …

On the value of soil resources in the context of natural capital and ecosystem service delivery

DA Robinson, I Fraser, EJ Dominati… - Soil Science Society …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The ecosystem services approach endeavors to incorporate the economic value of
ecosystems into decision making. This is because many natural resources are subject to …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial heterogeneity in stated preference valuation: Status, challenges and road ahead

J De Valck, J Rolfe - International Review of Environmental and …, 2018 - academia.edu
This paper reviews the progress made over the past few years in evaluating and controlling
for spatial heterogeneity in stated preference valuation, focussing on applications to …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of the economic valuation of soil-based ecosystem services to inform sustainable soil management and policy

B Bartkowski, S Bartke, K Helming, C Paul, AK Techen… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The concept of ecosystem services, especially in combination with economic valuation, can
illuminate trade-offs involved in soil management, policy and governance, and thus support …

Cost-effective land use planning: Optimizing land use and land management patterns to maximize social benefits

DN Pennington, B Dalzell, E Nelson, D Mulla, S Taff… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Improving water quality and other ecosystem services in agriculturally dominated
watersheds is an important policy objective in many regions of the world. A major challenge …

Estimation of distance-decay functions to account for substitution and spatial heterogeneity in stated preference research

M Schaafsma, R Brouwer, A Gilbert… - Land …, 2013 - le.uwpress.org
In a site-selection choice experiment various hypotheses are tested related to spatial
heterogeneity in willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental improvements. Spatial …