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Environmental Services Programs for the Chesapeake Bay [PDF]

Ecosystem Services, Payment for Ecosystem Services, Water Quality, Chesapeake Bay, Environmental Economics and Policy, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Q25, Q28, Q53, Q57,
Rose, Bob, Shabman, Leonard A., Stephenson, Kurt   +2 more
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Valuing ecosystem services: A new paradigm shift [PDF]

, 2006
The ways in which economists value natural resources has been, and continues to be, a constantly evolving process. At first, only transactions that took place in the marketplace were considered.
Kaval, Pamela
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Ecosystem Services Beyond Valuation, Regulation and Philanthropy: Integrating Consumer Values into the Economy [PDF]

Environmental Markets, Ecosystem Service Markets, Payment For Ecosystem Services, Incentives, Nature's Services, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Q20, Q57, C93, H41,
Anderson, Christopher M., Smith, Elizabeth C., Swallow, Stephen K., Uchida, Emi   +3 more
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Marketed Outputs and Non-Marketed Outputs: The Marginal Costs of Producing Ecosystem Services [PDF]

We provide a new approach for assessing the cost of marginal ecosystem changes and the effectiveness of green payment schemes. The approach is based on a theoretical and empirical analysis of the bio-economic production interactions between marketed ...
Sauer, Johannes, Wossink, Ada
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Aphelenchoididae nematodes in a centennial Pinus pinea tree, and a review of Bursaphelenchus species from this host

Phytopathologia Mediterranea
A “monumental” centennial Pinus pinea L. tree of public interest with severe wilting symptoms was felled in Coimbra, Portugal. A survey was carried out to detect Aphelenchoididae nematodes (including Bursaphelenchus spp.) in the tree tissues.
Luís FONSECA, Hugo SILVA, Joana M.S. CARDOSO, Ricardo M.F. DA COSTA, Filipe CAMPELO, Joana VIEIRA, Isabel ABRANTES   +6 more
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Developing ecosystem service indicators: experiences and lessons learned from sub-global assessments and other initiatives [PDF]

, 2011
People depend upon ecosystems to supply a range of services necessary for their survival and well-being. Ecosystem service indicators are critical for knowing whether or not these essential services are being maintained and used in a sustainable manner ...
Armenteras, Dolors, Ash, Neville, Barano, Thomas, Beltrame, Coralie, Berg, Hakan, Bhagabati, Nirmal, Biala, Katarzyna, Birge, Traci, Bondarev, Alexander, Brown, Claire, Butchart, Stuart, Davidson, Nick, De Groot, Rudolf, Doswald, Natalie, Díaz, Sandra, Espaldon, Maria Victoria, Fuentes, Rodrigo, Garcia, Keisha, Ghate, Utkarsh, Girvan, Alexander, Goethals, Peter, Hadian, Oki, Höft, Robert, Koleff, Patricia, Kumar, Chetan, Larigauderie, Anne, Lasco, Rodel, Layke, Christian, Linstead, Conor, Luque Panadero, Victoria Eugenia, Mainka, Sue, Mapendembe, Abisha, Marcela, Mónica, Nybo, Signe, O'Farell, Patrick, Reyers, Belinda, Ricketts, Taylor, Ringold, Paul, Rodríguez Rodríguez, Davíd, Rosenthal, Amy, Sandlund, Odd Terje, Sarukhán, José, Scharlemann, Jorn, Schlatter, Christian, Simpson, Lucy, Stott, Andrew, Tierney, Megan, Tyrell, Tristan, UNEP-WCMC, -, Urquiza, Tania, Vackár, David, van Oudenhoven, Alexander, Viglizzo, Ernesto, Walpole, Matt, Watts, Jim, Williams, James, Yashina, Tatyana, Zandri, Edoardo   +57 more
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Natural vs. financial insurance in the management of public-good ecosystems [PDF]

In the face of uncertainty, ecosystems can provide natural insurance to risk averse users of ecosystem services. We employ a conceptual ecological-economic model to analyze the allocation of (endogenous) risk and ecosystem quality by risk averse ...
Martin F. Quaas, Stefan Baumgärtner
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Methodological approach for mapping ecosystem services in urban and suburban areas. [PDF]

, 2018
In Urban and suburban areas, the technology of remote sensing can offer a practical and economical means to study ecological quality of cities based on the specific functions or functional groups/biodiversity which support the supply of ecosystem ...
Hueso-Gonzalez, Paloma, Martinez-Murillo, Juan Francisco, Remond, Ricardo   +2 more
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Combining Supply and Demand Estimates for Ecosystem Services from Cropland [PDF]

Payment-for-Ecosystem-Services (PES) programs are gaining appeal as flexible approaches to inducing the voluntary provision of ecosystem services (ES).
Lupi, Frank, Ma, Shan, Swinton, Scott M.
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Raising root zone temperature improves plant productivity and metabolites in hydroponic lettuce production

Frontiers in Plant Science
While it is commonly understood that air temperature can greatly affect the process of photosynthesis and the growth of higher plants, the impact of root zone temperature (RZT) on plant growth, metabolism, essential elements, as well as key metabolites ...
Sota Hayashi, Christopher P. Levine, Wakabayashi Yu, Mayumi Usui, Atsuyuki Yukawa, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Miyako Kusano, Miyako Kusano, Miyako Kusano, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoko Nishizawa, Ikusaburo Kurimoto, Saneyuki Kawabata, Wataru Yamori   +13 more
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