TY - JOUR
T1 - Do economic values and expenditures for viewing waterfowl in the U.S. differ among species?
AU - Loomis, John
AU - Haefele, Michelle
AU - Dubovsky, James
AU - Lien, Aaron M.
AU - Thogmartin, Wayne E.
AU - Diffendorfer, James
AU - Humburg, Dale
AU - Mattsson, Brady J.
AU - Bagstad, Kenneth
AU - Semmens, Darius
AU - Lopez-Hoffman, Laura
AU - Merideth, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation, NSF CNH 1518359, entitled A Telecoupling Model to Account for Spatial Subsidies of Ecosystem Services Provided by Transboundary Migratory Species in North America. This work was funded by a National Science Foundation award (DEB-1118975) to L?pez-Hoffman and NSF award (DEB-1518359) to L?pez-Hoffman and Loomis. Additional support was received from the U.S. Geological Survey?s John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis working group, Animal Migration and Spatial Subsidies: Establishing a Framework for Conservation Markets. The authors would like to thank the Associate Editor and two anonymous reviewers for their many suggestions which improved the clarity and completeness to this paper. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Funding Information:
This work was funded by a National Science Foundation award (DEB-1118975) to López-Hoffman and NSF award (DEB-1518359) to López-Hoffman and Loomis. Additional support was received from the U.S. Geological Survey’s John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis working group, Animal Migration and Spatial Subsidies: Establishing a Framework for Conservation Markets. The authors would like to thank the Associate Editor and two anonymous reviewers for their many suggestions which improved the clarity and completeness to this paper. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation, NSF CNH 1518359, entitled A Telecoupling Model to Account for Spatial Subsidies of Ecosystem Services Provided by Transboundary Migratory Species in North America.
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PY - 2018/11/2
Y1 - 2018/11/2
N2 - Many economic studies value birdwatching in general and often do not account for potential differences in viewers’ benefits from observing different species. But, how different are economic values of viewing various bird species? To answer that question, we surveyed Ducks Unlimited (DU) members using an online questionnaire to estimate trip expenditures and consumer surplus per trip for viewing pintail ducks, waterfowl in general, and other species of waterfowl. Expenditures per trip were USD $231, $199, and $182, respectively. Consumer surpluses per trip, estimated using the contingent valuation method, were $28, $32, and $29, respectively. Neither expenditures nor consumer surplus were statistically different among species for DU members who are adept at species differentiation. Our results suggest that it may be reasonable to use a general economic value for waterfowl viewing when formulating management alternatives for a variety of waterfowl.
AB - Many economic studies value birdwatching in general and often do not account for potential differences in viewers’ benefits from observing different species. But, how different are economic values of viewing various bird species? To answer that question, we surveyed Ducks Unlimited (DU) members using an online questionnaire to estimate trip expenditures and consumer surplus per trip for viewing pintail ducks, waterfowl in general, and other species of waterfowl. Expenditures per trip were USD $231, $199, and $182, respectively. Consumer surpluses per trip, estimated using the contingent valuation method, were $28, $32, and $29, respectively. Neither expenditures nor consumer surplus were statistically different among species for DU members who are adept at species differentiation. Our results suggest that it may be reasonable to use a general economic value for waterfowl viewing when formulating management alternatives for a variety of waterfowl.
KW - birdwatching
KW - consumer surplus
KW - contingent valuation
KW - ducks unlimited
KW - willingness to pay
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U2 - 10.1080/10871209.2018.1496371
DO - 10.1080/10871209.2018.1496371
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85049957966
VL - 23
SP - 587
EP - 596
JO - Human Dimensions of Wildlife
JF - Human Dimensions of Wildlife
SN - 1087-1209
IS - 6
ER -