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Overview

Heather Tallis is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on global and planetary change.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Coastal and Marine Management

Several recent publications highlight the scope of Tallis's work, such as:

  • "Prioritizing actions: spatial action maps for conservation," 2021, published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • "Does Life Satisfaction Vary with Time and Income? Investigating the Relationship Among Free Time, Income, and Life Satisfaction," 2020, Journal of Happiness Studies
  • "Mainstreaming nature in US federal policy," 2024, Science
  • "Turning off the tap: Common domestic water conservation actions insufficient to alleviate drought in the United States of America," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "A national assessment of nature," 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tallis include:

  • Lydia Olander
  • Yuta J. Masuda
  • Eli P. Fenichel
  • Jane Lubchenco
  • Katie Warnell

Their research has appeared in several publication venues, reflecting diverse interests and interdisciplinary approaches in environmental science:

  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • Science
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

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

    Erik Nelson;Guillermo Mendoza;James Regetz;Stephen Polasky

  • The IPBES Conceptual Framework - connecting nature and people

    Sandra Díaz;Sebsebe Demissew;Julia Carabias;Carlos Joly

  • Natural capital and ecosystem services informing decisions: From promise to practice

    Anne D. Guerry;Anne D. Guerry;Stephen Polasky;Jane Lubchenco;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer

  • Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services

    Peter M. Kareiva;Heather Tallis;Taylor H. Ricketts;Gretchen C. Daily

  • An ecosystem services framework to support both practical conservation and economic development.

    Heather Tallis;Peter Kareiva;Michelle Marvier;Amy Chang

  • Should agricultural policies encourage land sparing or wildlife‐friendly farming?

    Joern Fischer;Berry Brosi;Gretchen C Daily;Paul R Ehrlich

  • Mapping and Valuing Ecosystem Services as an Approach for Conservation and Natural-Resource Management

    Heather Tallis;Stephen Polasky

  • Notes from the field: Lessons learned from using ecosystem service approaches to inform real-world decisions

    Mary Ruckelshaus;Emily McKenzie;Heather Tallis;Anne Guerry

  • Working together: A call for inclusive conservation

    Heather Tallis;Jane Lubchenco

  • The many faces of ecosystem-based management: Making the process work today in real places

    Heather Tallis;Phillip S. Levin;Mary Ruckelshaus;Sarah E. Lester

  • Modeling benefits from nature: using ecosystem services to inform coastal and marine spatial planning

    Anne D. Guerry;Mary H. Ruckelshaus;Katie K. Arkema;Joey R. Bernhardt

  • Field evidence that ecosystem service projects support biodiversity and diversify options

    Rebecca L. Goldman;Heather Tallis;Peter Kareiva;Gretchen C. Daily

  • Finding Common Ground for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    Belinda Reyers;Belinda Reyers;Stephen Polasky;Heather Tallis;Harold A. Mooney

  • Benefit relevant indicators: Ecosystem services measures that link ecological and social outcomes

    Lydia Olander;Robert J. Johnston;Heather Tallis;James S. Kagan

  • Fields on fire: Alternatives to crop residue burning in India

    Priya Shyamsundar;Nathaniel Springer;Heather Tallis;Stephen Polasky

  • Impact of climate extremes on hydrological ecosystem services in a heavily humanized Mediterranean basin

    M. Terrado;V. Acuña;D. Ennaanay;H. Tallis

  • A Global System for Monitoring Ecosystem Service Change

    Heather Tallis;Harold Mooney;Sandy Andelman;Patricia Balvanera

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

    Erik J. Nelson;Peter Kareiva;Mary Ruckelshaus;Mary Ruckelshaus;Katie Arkema;Katie Arkema

  • Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the US West Coast and beyond

    Sarah E. Lester;Karen L. McLeod;Heather Tallis;Mary Ruckelshaus

  • Integrated coastal reserve planning: making the land–sea connection

    David M. Stoms;Frank W. Davis;Sandy J. Andelman;Mark H. Carr

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota
Taylor H. Ricketts
Taylor H. Ricketts University of Vermont
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University
Peter Kareiva
Peter Kareiva University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Ruckelshaus
Mary Ruckelshaus Stanford University
Belinda Reyers
Belinda Reyers University of Pretoria
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Harold A. Mooney
Harold A. Mooney Stanford University
Edward T. Game
Edward T. Game The Nature Conservancy
Spencer A. Wood
Spencer A. Wood University of Washington

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