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  1. Reversing the great degradation of nature by reducing factors related to cropland expansion

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Erik J Nelson

  2. Natural climate solutions provide robust carbon mitigation capacity under future climate change scenarios

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Erik J Nelson

  3. Estimating the Impact of Critical-Habitat Designation on the Values of Developed and Undeveloped Parcels

    Article • Land Economics, August 2023, University of Wisconsin Press

    Erik J Nelson

  4. Data‐driven predictions of summertime visits to lakes across 17 US states

    Article • Ecosphere, April 2023, Wiley

    Erik J Nelson

  5. Where, When, What, and Which? Using Characteristics of Migratory Species to Inform Conservation Policy Questions

    Article • Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, January 2023, University of Chicago Press

    Erik J Nelson

  6. A neuroscience-based analysis of impacts of disaster memory on economic valuation.

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Psychology and Economics, December 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Erik J Nelson

  7. The hidden value of trees: Quantifying the ecosystem services of tree lineages and their major threats across the contiguous US

    Article • PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, April 2022, PLOS

    Erik J Nelson, Jeannine Cavender-Bares

  8. Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient

    Article • Landscape Ecology, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Erik J Nelson

  9. The distributional impact of a green payment policy for organic fruit

    Article • PLOS One, February 2019, PLOS

    Erik J Nelson

  10. Voluntary sustainability standards could significantly reduce detrimental impacts of global agriculture

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Erik J Nelson

  11. Estimating the Impact of Ride-Hailing App Company Entry on Public Transportation Use in Major US Urban Areas

    Article • The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, December 2018, De Gruyter

    Erik J Nelson

  12. Cost-effective Land Use Planning: Optimizing Land Use and Land Management Patterns to Maximize Social Benefits

    Article • Ecological Economics, September 2017, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson

  13. Managing small natural features: A synthesis of economic issues and emergent opportunities

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2017, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson

  14. Conserving small natural features with large ecological roles: A synthetic overview

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2017, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson, Dr James Fitzsimons

  15. Identifying the impacts of critical habitat designation on land cover change

    Article • Resource and Energy Economics, February 2017, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson

  16. Measuring the relative importance of different agricultural inputs to global and regional crop yield growth since 1975

    Article • F1000Research, December 2016, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Erik J Nelson

  17. CARBON CREDITS COMPETE POORLY WITH AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES IN AN OPTIMIZED MODEL OF LAND USE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

    Article • Climate Change Economics, November 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Erik J Nelson

  18. Commercial Plant Production and Consumption Still Follow the Latitudinal Gradient in Species Diversity despite Economic Globalization

    Article • PLOS One, October 2016, PLOS

    Erik J Nelson

  19. Future fire emissions associated with projected land use change in Sumatra

    Article • Global Change Biology, August 2014, Wiley

    Erik J Nelson

  20. The Economics of Wildlife Conservation

    Article • July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  21. Projected land-use change impacts on ecosystem services in the United States

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Erik J Nelson

  22. Implementing the optimal provision of ecosystem services

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Erik J Nelson

  23. Are Investments to Promote Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Aligned?

    Article • January 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  24. Climate change's impact on key ecosystem services and the human well‐being they support in the US

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, November 2013, Wiley

    Erik J Nelson

  25. Preparing for and managing change: climate adaptation for biodiversity and ecosystems

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, November 2013, Wiley

    Erik J Nelson

  26. Evaluating the Return in Ecosystem Services from Investment in Public Land Acquisitions

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    Erik J Nelson

  27. The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations, edited by Pushpam Kumar, London, Earthscan Publications, United Nations Environment Programme, 2010, xxxix + 410 pp., US$76.95 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-84971-212-5

    Article • Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Erik J Nelson

  28. Modeling Terrestrial Ecosystem Services

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson

  29. Maximising return on conservation investment in the conterminous USA

    Article • Ecology Letters, August 2012, Wiley

    Erik J Nelson

  30. Uncertainty in ecosystem services valuation and implications for assessing land use tradeoffs: An agricultural case study in the Minnesota River Basin

    Article • Ecological Economics, July 2012, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson

  31. Economic-based projections of future land use in the conterminous United States under alternative policy scenarios

    Article • Ecological Applications, April 2012, Wiley

    Erik J Nelson

  32. Are investments to promote biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services aligned?

    Article • Oxford Review of Economic Policy, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  33. Provisioning and regulatory ecosystem service values in agriculture

    Article • April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Jawoo Koo, Erik J Nelson

  34. Modeling the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services

    Article • April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  35. Nature-based tourism and recreation

    Article • April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  36. Poverty and the distribution of ecosystem services

    Article • April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  37. Terrestrial biodiversity

    Article • April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  38. The provisioning value of timber and non-timber forest products

    Article • April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  39. The efficiency of voluntary incentive policies for preventing biodiversity loss

    Article • Resource and Energy Economics, January 2011, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson

  40. Projecting Global Land-Use Change and Its Effect on Ecosystem Service Provision and Biodiversity with Simple Models

    Article • PLOS One, December 2010, PLOS

    Erik J Nelson

  41. The Impact of Land-Use Change on Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Returns to Landowners: A Case Study in the State of Minnesota

    Article • Environmental and Resource Economics, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Erik J Nelson

  42. Modelling ecosystem services in terrestrial systems

    Article • F1000 Biology Reports, July 2010, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Erik J Nelson

  43. Bioenergy and Wildlife: Threats and Opportunities for Grassland Conservation

    Article • BioScience, October 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Erik J Nelson

  44. Climate change and health costs of air emissions from biofuels and gasoline

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Erik J Nelson

  45. Modeling multiple ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, commodity production, and tradeoffs at landscape scales

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, February 2009, Wiley

    Kai Chan, Erik J Nelson

  46. Efficiency of incentives to jointly increase carbon sequestration and species conservation on a landscape

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Erik J Nelson

  47. Where to put things? Spatial land management to sustain biodiversity and economic returns

    Article • Biological Conservation, June 2008, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson

  48. Voting on open space: What explains the appearance and support of municipal-level open space conservation referenda in the United States?

    Article • Ecological Economics, May 2007, Elsevier

    Erik J Nelson

  49. Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Erik J Nelson

  50. ERRATA

    Article • Ecological Applications, December 2005, Wiley

    Erik J Nelson

  51. CONSERVING SPECIES IN A WORKING LANDSCAPE: LAND USE WITH BIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES

    Article • Ecological Applications, August 2005, Wiley

    Erik J Nelson

  52. Ecosystem-Based Adaptation

    Article • JSTOR

    Erik J Nelson