Benson C. Sherrouse
United States Geological Survey
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Regional Environmental Change | 2016
Kenneth J. Bagstad; James M. Reed; Darius J. Semmens; Benson C. Sherrouse; Austin Troy
Through extensive research, ecosystem services have been mapped using both survey-based and biophysical approaches, but comparative mapping of public values and those quantified using models has been lacking. In this paper, we mapped hot and cold spots for perceived and modeled ecosystem services by synthesizing results from a social-values mapping study of residents living near the Pike–San Isabel National Forest (PSI), located in the Southern Rocky Mountains, with corresponding biophysically modeled ecosystem services. Social-value maps for the PSI were developed using the Social Values for Ecosystem Services tool, providing statistically modeled continuous value surfaces for 12 value types, including aesthetic, biodiversity, and life-sustaining values. Biophysically modeled maps of carbon sequestration and storage, scenic viewsheds, sediment regulation, and water yield were generated using the Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services tool. Hotspots for both perceived and modeled services were disproportionately located within the PSI’s wilderness areas. Additionally, we used regression analysis to evaluate spatial relationships between perceived biodiversity and cultural ecosystem services and corresponding biophysical model outputs. Our goal was to determine whether publicly valued locations for aesthetic, biodiversity, and life-sustaining values relate meaningfully to results from corresponding biophysical ecosystem service models. We found weak relationships between perceived and biophysically modeled services, indicating that public perception of ecosystem service provisioning regions is limited. We believe that biophysical and social approaches to ecosystem service mapping can serve as methodological complements that can advance ecosystem services-based resource management, benefitting resource managers by showing potential locations of synergy or conflict between areas supplying ecosystem services and those valued by the public.
Applied Geography | 2011
Benson C. Sherrouse; Jessica M. Clement; Darius J. Semmens
Applied Geography | 2012
Carena J. van Riper; Gerard T. Kyle; Melinda Barnes; Benson C. Sherrouse
Ecological Indicators | 2014
Benson C. Sherrouse; Darius J. Semmens; Jessica Clement
Landscape Ecology | 2017
Kenneth J. Bagstad; Darius J. Semmens; Zachary H. Ancona; Benson C. Sherrouse
Ecological Indicators | 2017
Carena J. van Riper; Gerard T. Kyle; Benson C. Sherrouse; Kenneth J. Bagstad
Ecosystem services | 2014
Benson C. Sherrouse; Darius J. Semmens
Ecosystem services | 2017
Benson C. Sherrouse; Darius J. Semmens; Zachary H. Ancona; Nicole M. Brunner
Open-File Report | 2010
Benson C. Sherrouse; Jodi L. Riegle; Darius J. Semmens
Scientific Investigations Report | 2016
Zachary H. Ancona; Darius J. Semmens; Benson C. Sherrouse