Factors Affecting Public Preferences for Grassland Landscape Heterogeneity in the Great Plains.
Environ Manage
; 60(5): 922-930, 2017 11.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28831537
ABSTRACT
Agricultural intensification has fragmented rangelands in the Great Plains, which has contributed to uniform and homogeneous landscapes and decreased biodiversity. Alternative land management practices involving fire-grazing interactions can help maintain biodiversity without affecting livestock productivity. A survey was designed to understand the factors that influence preferences among the general population towards grassland landscape heterogeneity. Given the ordinal nature of survey responses, requisite data were analyzed using a generalized ordinal logit model. Results suggested that respondents who valued open space and those who recognized a need for a varying mix of uniform grasses and grasslands preferred landscape heterogeneity. Female respondents were about two times as likely to prefer heterogeneous landscapes compared to male respondents. In contrast, population groups that preferred wildlife habitat did not desire heterogeneous landscapes. Results suggest the need for extension and outreach activities to educate certain segments of the general population regarding benefits of alternative management practices that support landscape heterogeneity in the Great Plains.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Política Pública
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Conservação dos Recursos Naturais
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Pradaria
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Fazendas
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Modelos Teóricos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Manage
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos