1. Opening the Black Boxes: Ecosystem Science and Economic Valuation

   • Stephen R. Carpenter
   • Monica Turner

   Pages: 1 - 3

2. Social Goals and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services

   • Robert Costanza

   Pages: 4 - 10

3. Ecosystem Valuation under Uncertainty and Irreversibility

   • Jean-Paul Chavas

   Pages: 11 - 15

4. Shadow Pricing in Economics

   • David A. Starrett

   Pages: 16 - 20

5. The Energetic Basis for Valuation of Ecosystem Services

   • Howard T. Odum
   • Eugene P. Odum

   Pages: 21 - 23

6. Valuing Ecosystem Services

   • Geoffrey Heal

   Pages: 24 - 30

7. Limitations of Economic Valuation of Ecosystems

   • Donald Ludwig

   Pages: 31 - 35

8. Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Institutional Context

   • Lowell Pritchard Jr.
   • Carl Folke
   • Lance Gunderson

   Pages: 36 - 40

9. Land-Use Change and Biogeochemical Controls of Methane Fluxes in Soils of Eastern Amazonia

   • Louis V. Verchot
   • Eric A. Davidson
   • Ilse L. Ackerman

   Pages: 41 - 56

10. Nitrogen Controls on Fine Root Substrate Quality in Temperate Forest Ecosystems

    • Joseph J. Hendricks
    • John D. Aber
    • Richard D. Hallett

    Pages: 57 - 69

11. Representing Density Dependent Consequences of Life History Strategies in Aquatic Ecosystems: EcoSim II

    • Carl Walters
    • Daniel Pauly
    • James F. Kitchell

    Pages: 70 - 83

12. A Scaling Rule for Landscape Patches and How It Applies to Conserving Soil Resources in Savannas

    • John A. Ludwig
    • John A. Wiens
    • David J. Tongway

    Pages: 84 - 97

13. The Landscape Ecology of Tropical Secondary Forest in Montane Costa Rica

    • E. H. Helmer

    Pages: 98 - 114