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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.06.015 |
An updated biodiversity nonuse value function for use in climate change integrated assessment models | |
Brooks, Wesley R.1; Newbold, Stephen C.2 | |
发表日期 | 2014-09-01 |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
卷号 | 105页码:342-349 |
英文摘要 | The impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems are among the key reasons for concern about climate change. Integrated assessment models are the main tools used to estimate the global economic benefits of policies that would address climate change, but these models typically include only a partial accounting and idiosyncratic treatment of ecosystem impacts. Here, we review several recent studies of the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and show that the biodiversity value function in the FUND integrated assessment model is insensitive to predicted biodiversity loss, instead depending almost entirely on temperature changes per se. We use quantitative estimates of the influence of global warming on species extinction rates to re-calibrate the biodiversity loss function in FUND, and develop a new global biodiversity nonuse value function calibrated using results from two previous studies of people's willingness to pay to prevent the loss of tropical rainforests and to protect endangered species in the US. In contrast to the ecosystem damages function in FUND, our biodiversity value function depends on temperature only indirectly through its influence on biodiversity loss. Finally, we highlight areas where further research is needed for developing more comprehensive and reliable forecasts of ecosystem damages related to climate change. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
英文关键词 | Biodiversity;Climate change;Ecosystem;Integrated assessment model;Nonuse value;Structural benefit transfer |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000342272600034 |
来源期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
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来源机构 | 美国环保署 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/57553 |
作者单位 | 1.Rutgers State Univ, Dept Ecol Evolut & Nat Resources, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA; 2.US EPA, Natl Ctr Environm Econ, Washington, DC 20460 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Brooks, Wesley R.,Newbold, Stephen C.. An updated biodiversity nonuse value function for use in climate change integrated assessment models[J]. 美国环保署,2014,105:342-349. |
APA | Brooks, Wesley R.,&Newbold, Stephen C..(2014).An updated biodiversity nonuse value function for use in climate change integrated assessment models.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,105,342-349. |
MLA | Brooks, Wesley R.,et al."An updated biodiversity nonuse value function for use in climate change integrated assessment models".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 105(2014):342-349. |
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