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Overview

Kenneth J. Bagstad is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science with a strong focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics in Kenneth J. Bagstad's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Water Resources Management and Optimization, Urban Green Space and Health, and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kenneth J. Bagstad encompass:

  • Progress in natural capital accounting for ecosystems (2020), published in Science
  • Quantifying interregional flows of multiple ecosystem services - A case study for Germany (2020), published in Global Environmental Change
  • A rasterized building footprint dataset for the United States (2020), published in Scientific Data
  • Lessons learned from development of natural capital accounts in the United States and European Union (2021), published in Ecosystem Services
  • Accounting for land in the United States: Integrating physical land cover, land use, and monetary valuation (2020), published in Ecosystem Services

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kenneth J. Bagstad include:

  • Zachary H. Ancona
  • Pierre D. Glynn
  • Mehdi P. Heris
  • Martín Cicowiez
  • Austin Troy

The scientist often publishes their work in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Ecosystem Services
  • Scientific Data
  • Ecological Economics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Research Letters

Best Publications

  • A comparative assessment of decision-support tools for ecosystem services quantification and valuation

    Kenneth J. Bagstad;Darius J. Semmens;Sissel Waage;Robert Winthrop

  • Spatial dynamics of ecosystem service flows: A comprehensive approach to quantifying actual services

    Kenneth J. Bagstad;Gary W. Johnson;Brian Voigt;Ferdinando Villa

  • A methodology for adaptable and robust ecosystem services assessment

    Ferdinando Villa;Kenneth J. Bagstad;Brian Voigt;Gary W. Johnson

  • From theoretical to actual ecosystem services: mapping beneficiaries and spatial flows in ecosystem service assessments

    Kenneth J. Bagstad;Ferdinando Villa;David Batker;Jennifer Harrison-Cox

  • Riparian plant species richness along lateral and longitudinal gradients of water stress and flood disturbance, San Pedro River, Arizona, USA

    S. J. Lite;K. J. Bagstad;Juliet Stromberg

  • Understanding the impacts of Costa Rica's PES: Are we asking the right questions?

    Amy E. Daniels;Kenneth Bagstad;Valerie Esposito;Azur Moulaert

  • Interregional flows of ecosystem services : Concepts, typology and four cases

    Matthias Schröter;Thomas Koellner;Rob Alkemade;Rob Alkemade;Sebastian Arnhold

  • Progress in natural capital accounting for ecosystems

    Lars Hein;Kenneth J. Bagstad;Carl Obst;Bram Edens

  • ARIES (ARtificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services ): a new tool for ecosystem services assessment, planning, and valuation.

    Ferdinando Villa;Ken Bagstad;Gary Johnson;Sergey Krivov

  • Taxes, subsidies, and insurance as drivers of United States coastal development

    Kenneth J. Bagstad;Kevin Stapleton;John R. D'Agostino

  • Comparing approaches to spatially explicit ecosystem service modeling: A case study from the San Pedro River, Arizona

    Kenneth J. Bagstad;Darius J. Semmens;Robert Winthrop

  • Towards globally customizable ecosystem service models.

    Javier Martínez-López;Kenneth J. Bagstad;Stefano Balbi;Ainhoa Magrach

  • Machine learning for ecosystem services

    Simon Willcock;Simon Willcock;Javier Martínez-López;Danny A.P. Hooftman;Kenneth J. Bagstad

  • Modeling the effects of urban expansion on natural capital stocks and ecosystem service flows: A case study in the Puget Sound, Washington, USA

    Ben Zank;Kenneth J. Bagstad;Brian Voigt;Ferdinando Villa

  • On the Effects of Scale for Ecosystem Services Mapping

    Adrienne Grêt-Regamey;Bettina Weibel;Kenneth J. Bagstad;Marika Ferrari

  • Effects of stream flow intermittency on riparian vegetation of a semiarid region river (San Pedro River, Arizona)

    Juliet C. Stromberg;Kenneth J. Bagstad;James M. Leenhouts;Sharon J. Lite

  • Defining Ecosystem Assets for Natural Capital Accounting

    Lars Hein;Kenneth J. Bagstad;Kenneth J. Bagstad;Bram Edens;Carl Obst

  • Linking biophysical models and public preferences for ecosystem service assessments: a case study for the Southern Rocky Mountains

    Kenneth J. Bagstad;James M. Reed;James M. Reed;Darius J. Semmens;Benson C. Sherrouse

  • Gaining Ground: Wetlands, Hurricanes, and the Economy: The Value of Restoring the Mississippi River Delta

    David Batker;Isabel de la Torre;Robert Costanza;Paula Swedeen

  • Evaluating alternative methods for biophysical and cultural ecosystem services hotspot mapping in natural resource planning

    Kenneth J. Bagstad;Darius J. Semmens;Zachary H. Ancona;Benson C. Sherrouse

  • Identification of conservation and restoration priority areas in the Danube River based on the multi-functionality of river-floodplain systems.

    Andrea Funk;Javier Martínez-López;Florian Borgwardt;Daniel Trauner

  • Can the Genuine Progress Indicator better inform sustainable regional progress?—A case study for Northeast Ohio

    Kenneth J. Bagstad;Rumi Shammin

  • National Valuation of Monarch Butterflies Indicates an Untapped Potential for Incentive‐Based Conservation

    Jay E. Diffendorfer;John B. Loomis;Leslie Ries;Karen S Oberhauser

  • Toward an integrated understanding of perceived biodiversity values and environmental conditions in a national park

    Carena J. van Riper;Gerard T. Kyle;Benson C. Sherrouse;Kenneth J. Bagstad

  • Guidance for assessing interregional ecosystem service flows

    Thomas Koellner;Aletta Bonn;Aletta Bonn;Sebastian Arnhold;Kenneth J. Bagstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne E. Thogmartin
Wayne E. Thogmartin United States Geological Survey
John B. Loomis
John B. Loomis Colorado State University
Aletta Bonn
Aletta Bonn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Simon Willcock
Simon Willcock Rothamsted Research
Rodrigo A. Medellín
Rodrigo A. Medellín National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gary F. McCracken
Gary F. McCracken University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Juliet C. Stromberg
Juliet C. Stromberg Arizona State University
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London
Thomas Hein
Thomas Hein BOKU University
Catharina J.E. Schulp
Catharina J.E. Schulp Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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