Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index
Plant diversity has long been linked to an increase in ecosystem productivity and function, but concrete examples in which ecosystem services are linked to diversity at the scale at which management decisions are taken are rare. We specifically tested for a correlation between plant diversity and pr...
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| author | Duarte Guardia, Sandra Peri, Pablo Luis Martínez Pastur, Guillermo Lasagno, Romina Lencinas, Maria Vanessa Thomas, Evert Ladd, Brenton |
| author_browse | Duarte Guardia, Sandra Ladd, Brenton Lasagno, Romina Lencinas, Maria Vanessa Martínez Pastur, Guillermo Peri, Pablo Luis Thomas, Evert |
| author_facet | Duarte Guardia, Sandra Peri, Pablo Luis Martínez Pastur, Guillermo Lasagno, Romina Lencinas, Maria Vanessa Thomas, Evert Ladd, Brenton |
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| description | Plant diversity has long been linked to an increase in ecosystem productivity and function, but concrete examples in which ecosystem services are linked to diversity at the scale at which management decisions are taken are rare. We specifically tested for a correlation between plant diversity and provisioning ecosystem services estimated via the potential to produce meat and wool. We also tested whether higher levels of plant diversity conferred higher levels of ecosystem resistance to global change drivers, measured as the ability to sustain productivity across time. This was achieved by analyzing the interactive effects of a range of environmental variables on annual net primary production in a network of long-term biodiversity plots in Southern Patagonia. We found evidence of a positive correlation between plant diversity and plant productivity, which we relate to the ability to produce wool and meat from livestock. We also found evidence of a link between ecosystem resistance and diversity, though the effect was modest. The instrumental (economic) valuation presented doesn't account for the full range of values that rangeland in southern Patagonia generates. Nevertheless, these calculations do provide a starting point for broadening the discussion around the importance and value of natural capital in southern Patagonia. The results are consistent with theory and suggest that plant diversity has instrumental and monetary value as well as insurance value that may increase the resistance of rangeland ecosystems to global change drivers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1347962025-10-26T12:55:15Z Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index Duarte Guardia, Sandra Peri, Pablo Luis Martínez Pastur, Guillermo Lasagno, Romina Lencinas, Maria Vanessa Thomas, Evert Ladd, Brenton biodiversity productivity ecosystem services ecosystems plants rangelands resistance to injurious factors valuation Plant diversity has long been linked to an increase in ecosystem productivity and function, but concrete examples in which ecosystem services are linked to diversity at the scale at which management decisions are taken are rare. We specifically tested for a correlation between plant diversity and provisioning ecosystem services estimated via the potential to produce meat and wool. We also tested whether higher levels of plant diversity conferred higher levels of ecosystem resistance to global change drivers, measured as the ability to sustain productivity across time. This was achieved by analyzing the interactive effects of a range of environmental variables on annual net primary production in a network of long-term biodiversity plots in Southern Patagonia. We found evidence of a positive correlation between plant diversity and plant productivity, which we relate to the ability to produce wool and meat from livestock. We also found evidence of a link between ecosystem resistance and diversity, though the effect was modest. The instrumental (economic) valuation presented doesn't account for the full range of values that rangeland in southern Patagonia generates. Nevertheless, these calculations do provide a starting point for broadening the discussion around the importance and value of natural capital in southern Patagonia. The results are consistent with theory and suggest that plant diversity has instrumental and monetary value as well as insurance value that may increase the resistance of rangeland ecosystems to global change drivers. 2024-01 2023-11-29T10:51:02Z 2023-11-29T10:51:02Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134796 en Limited Access Elsevier Duarte-Guardia, S.; Peri, P.L.; Martinez-Pastur, G.; Lasagno, R.; Lencinas, M.V.; Thomas, E.; Ladd, B. (2024) Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index. Rangeland Ecology & Management 92: p. 122-128. ISSN: 1550-7424 |
| spellingShingle | biodiversity productivity ecosystem services ecosystems plants rangelands resistance to injurious factors valuation Duarte Guardia, Sandra Peri, Pablo Luis Martínez Pastur, Guillermo Lasagno, Romina Lencinas, Maria Vanessa Thomas, Evert Ladd, Brenton Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index |
| title | Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index |
| title_full | Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index |
| title_fullStr | Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index |
| title_full_unstemmed | Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index |
| title_short | Value of biodiversity on Patagonian rangeland: Estimation via a Hedonic Price Index |
| title_sort | value of biodiversity on patagonian rangeland estimation via a hedonic price index |
| topic | biodiversity productivity ecosystem services ecosystems plants rangelands resistance to injurious factors valuation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/134796 |
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