is it possible to estimate ecosystem service value for small units of agricultural land or wetland? . for example, how i can estimate the change is ecosystem services and its values when one hectare of paddy field is converted to plantation crop ?. please suggest some literature regarding the methodology of such study?
http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/ecosystem_water/unit1.1.html
http://carynvaughn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Castroetal.LandscapeUrbanPlanning.2014.pdf
For practical solutions about assessing ecosystem services, check out the InVest tools of the natural capital project (http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/). On this website, you'll find manifold models about estimating ESS together with a detailed description, references and software tools.
I encourage also to read little bit about the theory behind ecosystem service assessment, e.g. in these articles:
Good Luck!
Flo
Article Precisely incorrect? Monetising the value of ecosystem services
Article The ecosystem service cascade: Further developing the metaph...
Ecosystem service assessments should be ‘issue-driven’. They can be done to gain new insights, to make a strong argument, to start a discussion, to help settle a negotiation, to enhance a planning process, or to reach a decision. There are many different methods for doing an assessment. Helping make sense of these methods is the reason for this Navigator: http://www.aboutvalues.net/method_navigator/
In Netherlands trend is instead of monitoring and paying of individual farmers to share within a cooperation of farmers subsidies for succesful endangered species protection
Una idea que te puede ser de utilidad considerando el nivel de detalle que planteas. En la figura se muestra un "simulador" de ingresos asociados a distintos Usos de la Tierra y Productos en cada Uso. Esto se asocia a rendimientos de los cultivos y precios de productos. Con ello puedes valorizar ingresos y costos para definir Costos de Oportunidad del cambio de Uso de la Tierra. Disculpa el idioma español.
chapter 3.1 in: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304004850_Ecosystem_Service_Mapping_and_Assessment_as_a_Support_for_Policy_and_Decision_Making
Article Ecosystem Service Mapping and Assessment as a Support for Po...
I suggest you this paper.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935115301225
Depends of ecosystem services you are studying, you can choose one or more components of homogeneity in landscape for establish analysis units
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