Ecosystem-service production is strongly influenced by the landscape configuration of natural and human systems. Ecosystem services are not only produced and consumed locally but can be transferred within and among ecosystems. The time and distance between the producer and the consumer of ecosystem services can be considered lags in ecosystem-service provisioning. Incorporation of heterogeneity and lag effects into conservation incentives helps identify appropriate governance systems and incentive mechanisms for effective ecosystem-service management. These spatiotemporal dimensions are particularly apparent in river—riparian systems, which provide a suite of important ecosystem services and promote biodiversity conservation at multiple scales, including habitat protection and functional connectivity. Management of ecosystem services with spatiotemporal lags requires an interdisciplinary consideration of both the biophysical landscape features that produce services and the human actors that control and benefit from the creation of those services.
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1 June 2013
Understanding Spatiotemporal Lags in Ecosystem Services to Improve Incentives
Alexander K. Fremier,
Fabrice A. J. Declerck,
Nilsa A. Bosque-Pérez,
Natalia Estrada Carmona,
Renée Hill,
Taylor Joyal,
Levi Keesecker,
P. Zion Klos,
Alejandra Martínez-Salinas,
Ryan Niemeyer,
Andre Sanfiorenzo,
Kristen Welsh,
J. D. Wulfhorst
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BioScience
Vol. 63 • No. 6
June 2013
Vol. 63 • No. 6
June 2013
