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Infectious Diseases Affect Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics by Lafferty, Kevin D, Harvell, C. Drew, Conrad, Jon M, Friedman, Carolyn S, Kent, Michael L, Kuris, Armand M, Powell, Eric N, Rondeau, Daniel, Saksida, Sonja M

“…Seafood is a growing part of the economy, but its economic value is diminished by marine diseases. Infectious diseases are common in the ocean, and here we…”
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Specification of Spatial-Dynamic Externalities and Implications for Strategic Behavior in Disease Control by Atallah, Shady S., Gómez, Miguel I., Conrad, Jon M.

“…We propose a novel, distance- and density-dependent specification of externalities that captures spatial dynamics within and between neighboring land parcels…”
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Real Options for Endangered Species by Conrad, Jon M.

“…Endangered species often exhibit low or negative intrinsic growth rates and experience random environmental shocks that can significantly affect population…”
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The Economics and Ecology of Shade-grown Coffee: A Model to Incentivize Shade and Bird Conservation by Hernandez-Aguilera, J. Nicolas, Conrad, Jon M., Gómez, Miguel I., Rodewald, Amanda D.

“…Shade-grown coffee, which is grown under a forest-like canopy of trees, is a production system widely regarded as environmentally sustainable and enabling for…”
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A Bayesian State‐Space Approach for Invasive Species Management: The Case of Spotted Wing Drosophila by Fan, Xiaoli, Gómez, Miguel I., Atallah, Shady S., Conrad, Jon M.

“…Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is an invasive pest with devastating effects on soft‐skinned fruit crops. Due to its high economic impacts, current SWD…”
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Agricultural Productivity and Soil Carbon Dynamics: A Bioeconomic Model by Berazneva, Julia, Conrad, Jon M, Güereña, David T, Lehmann, Johannes, Woolf, Dominic

“…Abstract We examine the dynamic management of a soil resource—the issue at the core of both environmental and development challenges in developing countries…”
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Innovation and site quality: Implications for the timing of investments in renewable energy by Conrad, Jon M., Nøstbakken, Linda

“…We study the optimal sequence of investment in renewable energy when technology improves over time and the productivity of deployed capital differs with site…”
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Optimal escapement in stage-structured fisheries with environmental stochasticity by Holden, Matthew H., Conrad, Jon M.

“…•We derive optimal escapement for stage-structured fisheries with environmental stochasticity.•Stochasticity does not affect the optimal escapement of…”
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Poaching and the dynamics of a protected species by Conrad, Jon M., Lopes, Adrian A.

“…•We develop a bioeconomic model of open access poaching.•We examine the effects of policy parameters on harvest and population dynamics for broad spectrum of…”
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Wildlife corridors as a connected subgraph problem by Conrad, Jon M., Gomes, Carla P., van Hoeve, Willem-Jan, Sabharwal, Ashish, Suter, Jordan F.

“…Wildlife corridors connect areas of biological significance to mitigate the negative ecological impacts of habitat fragmentation. In this article we formalize…”
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Bioeconomics of a Marine Disease by Conrad, Jon M., Rondeau, Daniel

“…We study the adaptive harvest of healthy stocks of shellfish that are faced with the risk of high natural mortality from a disease that is spreading along a…”
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A Plant-Level, Spatial, Bioeconomic Model of Plant Disease Diffusion and Control: Grapevine Leafroll Disease by Atallah, Shady S., Gómez, Miguel I., Conrad, Jon M., Nyrop, Jan P.

“…Grapevine leafroll disease threatens the economic sustainability of the grape and wine industry in the United States and around the world. This viral disease…”
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Cost-effective Recovery of an Endangered Species: The Red-cockaded Woodpecker by Finseth, Ryan M., Conrad, Jon M.

“…A model for the recovery of an endangered species is developed and applied to the redcockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis), a species once abundant in the…”
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State-conditioned soil investment in rural Uganda by Bevis, Leah E.M., Conrad, Jon M., Barrett, Christopher B., Gray, Clark

“…While poor soils limit agricultural production across rural, sub-Saharan Africa, most smallholder farmers fail to invest in their soils in the way that soil…”
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Constant proportion harvest policies: Dynamic implications in the Pacific halibut and Atlantic cod fisheries by Yakubu, Abdul-Aziz, Li, Nianpeng, Conrad, Jon M., Zeeman, Mary-Lou

“…► We use models to assess performance of fisheries. ► We apply constant harvest policies to halibut and cod fisheries. ► Weather extremes increase likelihood…”
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Agroecology of an Island Economy by Wolcott, Erin L., Conrad, Jon M.

“…Ecologists and anthropologists have had a long-standing interest in the settlement and evolution of isolated islands, particularly Easter Island. The open…”
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Real Options in Resource Economics by Mezey, Esther W., Conrad, Jon M.

“…In the real options approach to capital budgeting, plans that allow for flexibility in the design or timing of an investment or economic action are valuable…”
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The Bioeconomics of Marine Sanctuaries by Conrad, Jon M

“…Consider an offshore fishing grounds of size K. Suppose the grounds has been overfished to the point that net revenue has been driven to zero and the fishery…”
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Price Premiums for Eco-friendly Commodities: Are ‘Green’ Markets the Best Way to Protect Endangered Ecosystems? by Conrad, Jon, Uchida, Toshihiro, Ferraro, Paul

“…‘Green’ markets represent a means through which public goods can be privately provided. A green product is an impure public good consisting of a private good…”
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Erratum to “When to drill? Trigger prices for the arctic national wildlife refuge” [Resour. Energy Econ. 27(4) (2005) 273–286] by Conrad, Jon M., Kotani, Koji

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