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Abstract
Ecosystem services, broadly defined, are the benefits humans get from nature. When first introduced, the phrase “ecosystem services” was meant to capture many of the benefits resource managers (and humans, in general) had largely ignored in economic analyses, such as purification of water and pollination of plants (Daily 1997). Managing for ecosystem services meant improving the condition of the natural system (i.e., natural capital) in a way that made it more likely that those services would be provided (Brown et al. 2007). Ecosystem services were initially held distinct from “ecosystem goods,” which include tangible environmental products like timber, fish, and minerals. Ecosystem goods, because they form the basis of many economies, have long been studied and valued. Today, ecosystem services and ecosystem goods are usually lumped together and referred to generically as ecosystem services.
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Keywords
adaptation,
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests,
disturbances,
ecosystem services,
fire,
flooding,
forest planning,
forest resources,
infrastructure,
insects,
Pike-San Isabel National Forests,
socioeconomic,
resource management,
water resources,
wildfire,
wildlife
Citation
Warziniack, Travis; Cox, Elizabeth; Froemke, Pam; Jaworski, Delilah; Sidon, Josh. 2024. Vulnerability of ecosystem services along the Colorado Front Range (Chapter 11). In: Hanberry, Brice B., ed. Colorado Front Range climate change vulnerability assessment for National Forests. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-438. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 387-412.
