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Modeling the Production of Multiple Ecosystem Services from Agricultural and Forest Landscapes in Rhode Island

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Tingting Liu ,
Nathaniel H. Merrill ,
Arthur J. Gold ,
Dorothy Q. Kellogg  and
Emi Uchida
Tingting Liu*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at University of Rhode Island
Nathaniel H. Merrill
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at University of Rhode Island
Arthur J. Gold
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Resources Science at the University of Rhode Island
Dorothy Q. Kellogg
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Resources Science at the University of Rhode Island
Emi Uchida
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at University of Rhode Island
*
Corresponding Author: Tingting Liu ▪ Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics ▪ University of Rhode Island ▪ 1 Greenhouse Road ▪ Kingston, RI 02881 ▪ Phone 401.874.2471 ▪ Email tingting_liu@my.uri.edu.
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Abstract

This study spatially quantifies hydrological ecosystem services and the production of ecosystem services at the watershed scale. We also investigate the effects of stressors such as land use change, climate change, and choices in land management practices on production of ecosystem services and their values. We demonstrate the approach in the Beaver River watershed in Rhode Island. Our key finding is that choices in land use and land management practices create tradeoffs across multiple ecosystem services and the extent of these tradeoffs depends considerably on the scenarios and ecosystem services being compared.

Keywords

climate changeecosystem servicesland use changeSWATtradeoff analysis
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Selected Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , April 2013 , pp. 251 - 274
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Copyright © 2013 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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