University of California
Rangeland Ecosystem Services
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Biodiversity refers to diversity of ecosystems, species and genes. In wetlands, for example, there are different types of fish, frogs, crabs and snails; and within each species, differences in the genes which determine disease resistance, diet and body size. Research shows that ecosystems containing more variety are more productive and more robust. (Guide to Biodiversity, BBC 11/2/10).
References based on Location
California
- 2012 CRCC Rangeland Summit - Presentations
- 2012 Rangeland Science Symposium - Presentations
- Acreage Information Sources
- An Economic Analysis of the Benefits of Habitat Conservation on California Rangelands
- Biodiversity is critical to future health of California's ecology and economy
- California Rangeland Conservation Coalition's Biological Prioritization of Rangelands: Approach and Methods
- California Rangelands: Annual Rangeland References
- Caring for Our Natural Assets, An Ecosystem Services Perspective
- Cars, Cows, and Checkerspot Butterflies
- Current Findings on Grazing Impacts
- ECOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA MEDITERRANEAN-TYPE LANDSCAPE
- Effects of cattle grazing on diversity in ephemeral wetlands.
- Effects of Grazing and Invasive Grasses on Desert Vertebrates in California
- Facts on Environmental Benefits of Ranching in California
- Forest and rangeland owners value land for natural amenities and as financial investment
- Grazing research supports an alliance for working landscapes
- Guardians of the Range: A Linkage Between Bees and Beef
- Long-Term Changes from Different Uses of Foothill Hardwood Rangelands
- Long-term grazing study in spring-fed wetlands reveals management tradeoffs
- Managing California’s grassland ecosystems for Athene cunicularia hypugaea (burrowing owls)
- Rangelands West/Global Rangelands, Extension Rangelands, and the Range Science Information System: A Suite of New Web Resources
- Restoration through modern interpretations of yesterday’s actions
- Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the US West Coast and beyond
- SFREC research sustains rangeland and oak woodlands
- STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY NONPOINT SOURCE PROGRAM, California Rangeland Water Quality Management Plan Index
- Sustainable Rangelands Ecosystem Goods & Services
- The Changing California: Forest and Range Assessment 2010
- The Importance of Federal Grazing Allotments to Central Sierran Oak Woodland Permittees: A First Approximation
- UC Cooperative Extension helps bring cattle grazing back to Bay Area grassland
- Wetland ecosystem services in California’s Central Valley and implications for the Wetland Reserve Program
- What's Nature Worth?
- Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP)
USA
- A Landscape Approach to Rangeland Conservation Practices
- A Sustainable Chesapeake - Better Models for Conservation
- Decoupled effects (positive to negative) of nutrient enrichment on ecosystem services
- High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services
- Rangeland Literature Synthesis
- State of Biodiversity Markets - Offset and Compensation Programs Worldwide
- Sustainable Ranch Management Assessment Guidebook
World
- A tree for a tree: can biodiversity offsets balance destruction and restoration?
- An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water and Food Security
- An introductory guide to valuing ecosystem services
- Assessing organisational biodiversity performance (evaluating land biodiversity)
- Bio-Positive
- Biodiversity some-more critical for ecosystem services than thought
- Creating Markets for Ecosystem Services
- Environment Bank And Mission Markets Launch Online Conservation Credit Platform
- Guide to Biodiversity
- Living Beyond Our Means: Natural Assets and Human Well-Being
- Proposed Standards to Measure Biodiversity
Projects based on Location
California
World
Websites based on Location
California, USA, World
California
- AgVision 2010 - Better health and well-being for Californians, a healthier state and world, and thriving communities
- Biodiversity Hotspots - California Floristic Province
- CA Dept of Fish & Game - Habitat Conservation Programs
- CA Rangeland Conservation Coalition
- CA Rangeland Trust
- Ecosystem Restoration on Agricultural Lands (ERAL)
- Grazing Management and Ecosystem Services
- Lynn Huntsinger, Professor of Rangeland Management and Chair, Division of Society and Environment, UC Berkeley
- Rangelands Conservation Helps Farmers
- UCCE California Rangelands Research and Information Center
- Wrangle - World Rangelands Learning Experience
USA
- Bay Bank (Chesapeake Bay)
- Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) administered by USDA NRCS
- Ecosystem Services, LLC
- EMRI - Ecosystem Management Research Institute
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program - EQIP Program
- EPA - Ecosystem Services Research Program
- Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project (FRESP)
- Landscape Conservation Cooperative
- NRCS Ecological Site Description (ESD) System for Rangeland and Forestland Data
- Rangelands West
- Reports of Modeling Ecosystem Services in Willamette Basin
- Sustainable Northwest - Ranches & Rangeland
- Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable - Colorado State Univ.
- The Jornada (New Mexico)
- The Landscape Toolbox
- The Quivira Coalition
- The Willamette Partnership - Oregon
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Programs
- Willamette River Valley Research by US EPA
- Wrangle - World Rangelands Learning Experience
World
- Bank of Natural Capital
- EcoAgriculture
- Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
- Ecosystem Marketplace Network - Species Banking database
- Guide to Millennium Assessment Reports
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
- New Forests
- News story: TEEB report puts world's natural assets on the global political radar
- Wrangle - World Rangelands Learning Experience