Publications
Here you can find citations and links to many of the articles and books written by Natural Capital Project team members about ecosystem services and conservation. You can also find a broad list of important articles and reports written by other authors. Links to articles that appeared in peer-reviewed journals use the Digital Object Idetifier (DOI) system and most require an individual or institutional subscription (i.e. through a university library).
Natural Capital Project Authors
Articles (in chronological order)
Ecosystem services: From theory to implementation
Gretchen C. Daily, Pamela A. Matson.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105, 28: 9455-9456. (2008)
An ecosystem services framework to support both practical conservation and economic development
Heather Tallis, Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier, Amy Chang.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105, 28: 9457-9464. (2008)
Erik Nelson, Stephen Polasky, David J. Lewis, Andrew J. Plantinga, Eric Lonsdorf, Denis White, David Bael, Joshua J. Lawler.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105, 28: 9471-9476. (2008)
Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities
R. Naidoo, A. Balmford, R. Costanza, B. Fisher, R. E. Green, B. Lehner, T. R. Malcolm, T. H. Ricketts.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105, 28: 9495-9500. (2008)
An operational model for mainstreaming ecosystem services for implementation
Richard M. Cowling, Benis Egoh, Andrew T. Knight, Patrick J. O'Farrell, Belinda Reyers, Mathieu Rouget, Dirk J. Roux, Adam Welz, Angelika Wilhelm-Rechman.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105, 28: 9483-9488. (2008)
Ecological and socioeconomic effects of China's policies for ecosystem services
Jianguo Liu, Shuxin Li, Zhiyun Ouyang, Christine Tam, Xiaodong Chen.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105, 28: 9477-9482. (2008)
Field evidence that ecosystem service projects support biodiversity and diversify options
Rebecca L. Goldman, Heather Tallis, Peter Kareiva, Gretchen C. Daily.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105, 27: 9445-9448. (2008)
Where to put things? Spatial land management to sustain biodiversity and economic returns
Stephen Polasky, Erik Nelson, Jeff Camm, Blair Csuti, Paul Fackler, Eric Lonsdorf, Claire Montgomery, Denis White, Jeff Arthur, Brian Garber-Yonts, Robert Haight, Jimmy Kagan, Anthony Starfield, Claudine Tobalske.
Biological Conservation 141, 6: 1505-1524. (2008)
Ecosystem services and dis-services to agriculture
Wei Zhanga, Taylor H. Ricketts, Claire Kremenc, Karen Carneyd, Scott M. Swinton.
Ecological Economics 64, 2: 253-260. (2008)
Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns?
Taylor H. Ricketts, James Regetz, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Saul A. Cunningham, Claire Kremen, Anne Bogdanski, Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Sarah S. Greenleaf, Alexandra M. Klein, Margaret M. Mayfield, Lora A. Morandin, Alfred Ochieng, Blande F. Viana.
Ecology Letters 21, 1: 59-68. (2008)
Linking Terrestrial and Marine Conservation Planning and Threats Analysis
Heather Tallis, Zach Ferdana, Elizabeth Gray.
Conservation Biology 22, 1: 120-130. (2008)
The Ecosystem Services Framework and Natural Capital Conservation
R. K. Turner, G. C. Daily.
Environmental and Resource Economics 39, 1: 25-35. (2008)
When Agendas Collide: Human Welfare and Biological Conservation
Kai M. Chan, Robert M. Pringle, Jai Ranganathan, Carol L. Boggs, Yvonne L. Chan, Paul R. Ehrlich, Peter K. Haff, Nicole E. Heller, Karim Al-Khafaji, Dena P. Macmynowski.
Conservation Biology 21, 1: 59-68. (2007)
R.L. Goldman, B.H. Thompson, G.C. Daily.
Ecological Economics 64, 2: 333-343. (2007)
C. Kremen, N. Williams, M.A. Aizen, B. Gemmill-Herren, G. LeBuhn, R. Minckley, L. Packer, S. Potts, T. Roulston, I. Steffan-Dewenter, D. Vazquez, R. Winfree, L. Adams, E. Crone, S. Greenleaf, T. Keitt, A.M. Klein, J. Regetz, T. Ricketts.
Ecology Letters 10, 4: 299-314. (2007)
L. Pejchar, P. Morgan, M. Caldwell, C. Palmer, G.C. Daily.
Conservation Biology 21, 1: 69-78. (2007)
Response to Hockley: The merit of economic and biological measures in conservation planning
Robin Naidoo, Andrew Balmford, Paul J. Ferraro, Stephen Polasky, Taylor H. Ricketts, Mathieu Rouget.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22, 6: 287-288. (2007)
Neil D. Burgess, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Taylor H. Ricketts, Eric Dinerstein.
Biological Conservation 127, 4: 383-401. (2006)
Conservation Planning for Ecosystem Services
Kai M. Chan, M. Rebecca Shaw, David R. Cameron, Emma C. Underwood, Gretchen C. Daily.
PLoS Biology 4, 11. (2006)
Business Strategies for Conservation on Private Lands: Koa Forestry as a Case Study
J. Goldstein, G.C. Daily, J.B. Friday, P.A. Matson, R.L. Naylor, P.M. Vitousek.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 103, 26: 10140-10145. (2006)
Integrating Economic Costs Into Conservation Planning
Robin Naidoo, Andrew Balmford, Paul J. Ferraro, Stephen Polasky, Taylor H. Ricketts, Mathieu Rouget.
TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 21, 12. (2006)
Mapping the Economic Costs and Benefits of Conservation
Robin Naidoo, Taylor H. Ricketts.
PLoS Biology 4, 11. (2006)
Introduction to Ecosystem Services
Heather Tallis.
Science Chronicles 4, 3. (2006)
Heather Tallis, Peter Kareiva.
Current Biology 15, 18. (2006)
Shaping Global Environmental Decisions Using Socio-ecological Models
Heather Tallis, Peter Kareiva.
TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 21, 10. (2006)
Emily McKenzie, Allison Woodruff, and Caleb McClennen.
South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (2006)
Economic Benefits of Biodiversity Exceed Costs of Conservation at an African Rainforest Reserve
Robin Naidoo, Wiktor L. Adamowicz.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 102, 46: 16712-16716. (2005)
Conserving Species in a Working Landscape: Land Use with Biological and Economic Objectives
Stephen Polasky, Erik Nelson, Eric Lonsdorf, Paul Fackler, Anthony Starfield.
Ecological Applications 15, 4: 1387-1401. (2005)
Tropical Forest Fragments Enhance Pollinator Activity in Nearby Coffee Crops
Taylor H. Ricketts.
Conservation Biology 18, 5: 1262-1271. (2004)
Economic Value of Tropical Forest to Coffee Production
T.H. Ricketts, G.C. Daily, P.R. Ehrlich, C. Michener.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101, 34: 12579-12582. (2004)
Ecosystem Consequences of Bird Declines
C.H. Sekercioglu, G.C. Daily, P.R. Ehrlich.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101, 52: 18042-18047. (2004)
Who Should Pay for Tropical Conservation, and How Could the Costs be Met?
Andrew Balmford, Tony Whitten.
Oryx 37, 2: 238-250. (2003)
Making Conservation Profitable
Katherine Ellison, Gretchen Daily.
Conservation in Practice 4, 2: 12-120. (2003)
Population Diversity and Ecosystem Services
Gary W. Luck, Gretchen C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich.
TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 18, 7. (2003)
Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature
Andrew Balmford, Aaron Bruner, Philip Cooper, Robert Costanza, Stephen Farber, Rhys E. Green, Martin Jenkins, Paul Jefferiss, Valma Jessamy, Joah Madden, Kat Munro, Norman Myers, Shahid Naeem, Jouni Paavola, Matthew Rayment, Sergio Rosendo, Joan Roughgarden, Kate Trumper, R. Kerry Turner.
Science 297, 5583: 950-953. (2002)
Conserving Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
P. Balvanera, G.C. Daily, P.R. Ehrlich, T.H. Ricketts, S.A. Bailey, S. Kark, C. Kremen, H. Pereira.
Science 291, 5511: 2047. (2001)
Protecting Natural Capital through Ecosystem Service Districts need link
G. Heal, G.C. Daily, J. Salzman, P.R. Ehrlich, C. Boggs, J. Hellmann, J. Hughes, C. Kremen, T. Ricketts.
Stanford Environmental Law Journal 20: 333-364. (2001)
Economics of Forest Conservation Across Scales
C. Kremen, J. Niles, M. Dalton, G.C. Daily, P.R. Ehrlich, J. Fay, D. Grewal, R.P. Guillery.
Science 288, 5472: 1828-1832. (2000)
The Value of Nature and The Nature of Value
G.C. Daily, T. Söderqvist, S. Aniyar, K. Arrow, P. Dasgupta, P. Ehrlich, C. Folke, A-M Jansson, B-O Jansson, N. Kautsky, S. Levin, J. Lubchenco, K.G. Mäler, D. Simpson, D. Starrett, D. Tilman, B. Walker.
Science 289, 5478: 395-396. (2000)
Valuing the Environment in Small Islands: An environmental economics toolkit
P. Van Beukering, L. Brander, E. Thompson, E. McKenzie.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, (2007)
Valuing Ecosystem Services: Toward Better Environmental Decision-Making
Water Sciences and Technology Board, including Natural Capital Project Directors and Team Members.
The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. (2004)
The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable
Gretchen Daily, Katherine Ellison.
Island Press, Washington, DC. (2002)
Nature’s Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems
Gretchen Daily, Editor.
Island Press, Washington, DC. (1997)
Other Authors
Restoring Nature's Capital: An Action Agenda to Sustain Ecosystem Services
Frances Irwin, Janet Ranganathan.
World Resources Institute (2007)
What Are Ecosystem Services? The Need for Standardized Environmental Accounting Units
James Boyd, Spencer Banzhaf.
Resources for the Future (2006)
Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services
Boris Worm, Edward B. Barbier, Nicola Beaumont, J. Emmett Duffy, Carl Folke, Benjamin S. Halpern, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Heike K. Lotze, Fiorenza Micheli, Stephen R. Palumbi, Enric Sala, Kimberley A. Selkoe, John J. Stachowicz, and Reg Watson.
Science 314, 5800: 787-790. (2006)
Managing Ecosystem Services: What Do We Need To Know About Their Ecology?
Claire Kremen.
Ecology Letters 8, 5: 468-479. (2005)
Conservation: Dollars and Sense
Lucy Odling-Smee.
Nature 437, 7059: 614-616. (2005)
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Reports
Walter Reid, Director.
United Nations (2005)
Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe
Dagmar Schröter, Wolfgang Cramer, Rik Leemans, I. Colin Prentice, Miguel B. Araújo, Nigel W. Arnell, Alberte Bondeau, Harald Bugmann, Timothy R. Carter, Carlos A. Gracia, Anne C. de la Vega-Leinert, Markus Erhard, Frank Ewert, Margaret Glendining, Joanna I. House, Susanna Kankaanpää, Richard J. T. Klein, Sandra Lavorel, Marcus Lindner, Marc J. Metzger, Jeannette Meyer, Timothy D. Mitchell, Isabelle Reginster, Mark Rounsevell, Santi Sabaté, Stephen Sitch, Ben Smith, Jo Smith, Pete Smith, Martin T. Sykes, Kirsten Thonicke, Wilfried Thuiller, Gill Tuck, Sönke Zaehle, and Bärbel Zierl.
Science 310, 5752: 1333-1337 (2005)
Review of Existing and Potential Environmental Services Markets in Indonesia
S. Suyanto, Beria Leimona, Rizki Pandu Permana, F.J.C. Chandler.
World Agroforestry Centre (2005)
Value: Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure
L. Emerton, E. Bos.
IUCN (2004)
How much is an ecosystem worth? Assessing the economic value of conservation.
Stefano Pagiola, Konrad von Ritter, Joshua Bishop.
World Bank, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy (2004)
Claire Kremen, Neal M. Williams, Robert L. Bugg, John P. Fay, Robin W. Thorp.
Ecology Letters 7, 11: 1109-1119. (2004)
Jane K. Turpie, Barry J. Heydenrych, Stephen J. Lamberth.
Biological Conservation 112, 2: 233-251 (2003)
The Economic Value of Forest Ecosystems
David W. Pearce.
Ecosystem Health 7, 4: 284-296. (2001)
An Assessment of Ecosystem Services: Water Flow Regulation and Hydroelectric Power Production
Zhongwei Guo, Ziangming Ziao, Dianmo Li.
Ecological Applications 10, 3: 925-936. (2000)
Geoffrey Heal.
Ecosystems 3, 1: 24-30. (2000)
The Economic Value of Controlling an Invasive Shrub
Erika S. Zavaleta.
AMBIO 29, 8: 462-467. (2000)
Economic Returns from the Bioshphere
Graciela Chichilniskly, Geoffrey Heal.
Nature 391, 6668: 629-630. (1998)
The Value of the World’s Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital
Robert Costanza, Ralph d’Arge, Rudolf de Groot, Stephen Farber, Monica Grasso, Bruce Hannon, Karin Limburg, Shahid Naeem, Robert B. O’Neil, Jose Paruelo, Robert G. Raskin, Paul Sutton, Marjan van den Belt.
Nature 387, 6630: 253-260. (1997)
Mathis Wackernagel, William E. Rees.
Ecological Economics 20, 1: 3-24. (1997)
Development and Ecosystem Services
Paschal Assey, Stephen Bass, Blandina Cheche, David Howlett, George Jambiya, Idris Kikula, Servacius Likwelile, Amon Manyama, Eric Mugurusi, Ruzika Muheto, Longinus Rutasitara.
International Institute for Environment and Development Natural Resource Issues Series No. 6., London, UK (2007)
Markets for Ecosystem Services: A Potential Tool for Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Anantha Kumar Duraiappah.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (2007)
Forests and Human Health: Assessing the Evidence
C.J.P. Colfer, D. Sheil, M. Kishi.
Center for International Forestry Research (2006)
ENVIRONMENT: Investments Toward Sustainable Development
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Walter V. Reid.
Science 312, 5776: 1002. (2006)
Depend on Nature: Ecosystem Services Supporting Human Livelihoods
Sue Mainka, Jeff McNeely, Bill Jackson.
World Conservation Union (2005)
Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Developing Countries
Proceedings and Conclusions of the Research Network for Environment and Development Conference Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen (August 17-18, 2005)
Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty
Gregory Mock, Editor.
World Resources Institute (2005)
Exploring the Forest-Poverty Link: Key Concepts, Issues and Research
A. Angelsen, S. Wunder.
Center for International Forestry Research (2003)
Sudeepto Bhattacharya, Rucha Ghate, Shree Bhagwan.
XII World Forestry Congress (2003)
Forest Carbon and Local Livelihoods: Assessment of Opportunities and Policy Recommendations
S. Smith, S.J., Scherr.
Center for International Forestry Research (2002)
J.E.M Arnold.
Center for International Forestry Research (2001)
Promoting Forest Conservation Through Ecotourism Income? A Case Study from Ecuador
S. Wunder.
Center for International Forestry Research (1999)
B.W. van Wilgen, D.C. Le Maitre, R.M. Cowling.
TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 13, 9. (1998)
Guidance for Implementing Ecosystem Services Approaches: Changing behavior through institutions, policy, and incentives
Ecosystem services: A guide for decision-makers
J. Ranganathan, C. Raudsepp-Hearne, N. Lucas, F. Irwin, M. Zurek, K. Bennett, N. Ash, P. West.
World Resources Institute (2008)
C. Hanson, J. Ranganathan, C. Iceland, J. Finisdore.
World Resources Institute (2008)
Payments for Ecosystem Services: Getting started. A Primer
Mira Inbar, Sara J. Scherr, Sissel Waage, Carina Bracer, and Anantha Duraiappah.
Forest Trends, The Katoomba Group, and UNEP (2008)
J. P. Roberts, S. Waage.
Forest Trends, The Katoomba Group, and UNEP (2008)
B. K. Jack, C. Kousky, K. Sims.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105, 28: 9465-9470. (2008)
Global Scoping Study on Compensation and Rewards for Ecosystem Services (CRES) Working Paper Series
Brent Swallow, Project Leader.
World Agroforestry Center (2007)
The State of Food and Agriculture 2007: Paying farmers for environmental services
Prabhu Pingali (director), Keith Wiebe (service chief), and Terri Raney (senior economist and editor).
Food and Agriculture Organization (2007)
Emma Duncan, Editor.
World Wildlife Fund (2006)
Pay: Establishing payments for watershed services
M. Smith, D. de Groot, G. Bergkamp.
World Conservation Union (2006)
Choosing From the Policy Toolbox
C. Kousky.
Ecosystem Marketplace (2005)
Payment for Ecosystem Services: Some Nuts and Bolts
S. Wunder.
Center for International Forestry Research (2005)
Payments for Environmental Services: A Survey and Assessment of Current Schemes
Karel Mayrand, Marc Paquin.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (2004)
Sylvia S. Tognetti, Guillermo Mendoza, Bruce Aylward, Douglas Southgate, Luis Garcia.
The World Bank Environment Department (2004)
From Goodwill to Payment for Environmental Services
Pablo Gutman, Editor.
World Wildlife Fund (2003)
Factors to Consider in Choosing Instruments to Promote Environmental Services
S. Scherr, A. White.
Katoomba Group (2002)