Multi-species, multi-country analysis reveals North Americans are willing to pay for transborder migratory species conservation, code ...

• Main Authors: Thogmartin, Wayne E, Haefele, Michelle A., Diffendorfer, James Jay E, Semmens, Darius J, Derbridge, Jonathan J., Huang, Ta-Ken, Lien, Aaron, L&Amp;Amp;Amp;Amp;Oacute;Pez-Hoffman, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2021
• Subjects: contingent value, Mexican free-tailed bats, migratory species, northern pintail ducks, transboundary conservation, willingness to pay, North America, Mexico, United States, Canada,; Anas acuta
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p9cda1un; https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/61bb3c66d34e9e224ac18f30

Migratory species often provide ecosystem service benefits to people in one country while receiving habitat support in other countries. The multinational cooperation necessary to ensure continued provisioning of these benefits by migrational processes may be informed by understanding the benefits that people in different countries derive from migratory wildlife. We conducted stated preferences surveys to estimate the willingness of respondents from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico to invest in conservation for two migratory species, the northern pintail duck (Anas acuta) and the Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana). This code was used to analyze the project's data. ...