Dana Bauer
Assistant Director, George Perkins Marsh Institute
Research Scientist, Economics
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Dr. Dana Bauer is an interdisciplinary researcher with particular interests in conservation and sustainability. She applies economic and ecological theory towards the assessment of ecosystem services and the analysis of policies and programs that aim to protect them. Her current research focuses on: (1) the willingness of farmers to participate in habitat and water conservation programs, (2) the valuation of pollination and pest control services provided by insects and other mobile organisms, (3) the conservation and management of vernal pools and other small natural features that provide large ecosystem functions, and (4) the valuation of benefits provided by riparian and estuarine buffers. Her research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Science Foundation. She has been at Clark since 2015.
Courses Offered:
ECON 253 Natural Resource Economics
ECON 254 Environmental Economics
ECON 256 Modeling Ecological-Economic SystemsDegrees
- Ph.D. in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island, 2005
- M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University, 1999
- M.S. in Information Systems, Northeastern University, 1985
- B.S. in Industrial Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1983
Affiliated Department(s)
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Scholarly and Creative Works
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Using landscape metrics to characterize towns along an urban-rural gradient
Published in Landscape Ecology
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2021
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Vol. 36
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Issue #10
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Socioecological factors and farmer perceptions impacting pesticide use and pollinator conservation on cucurbit farms
Published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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2021
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Issue #5
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Farmer tradeoffs between pest control and pollinator health
virtual Annual Meeting of the Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
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2020
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Using meta-analysis for large-scale ecosystem service valuation: Progress, prospects and challenges
Published in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
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2020
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Vol. 49
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Issue #1
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Classifying private landowners to improve understanding of management decisions and conservation opportunities in urbanizing forested landscapes
Published in Journal of Environmental Management
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2019
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Vol. 232
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How do social and economic factors influence vernal pool management?
Translating Vernal Pool Research into Desired Management Outcomes
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Ashland, Massachusetts
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2018
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Buffer Options for the Bay: Economic Valuation of Water Quality Ecosystem Services in New Hampshire’s Great Bay Watershed. Report to Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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2017
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Buffer Options for the Bay: Exploring the Trends, the Science, and the Options of Buffer Management in the Great Bay Watershed: Key Findings from Economic Literature. Report to Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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2017
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Marginal land and the global land rush: A spatial exploration of contested lands and state-directed development in contemporary Ethiopia
Published in Geoforum
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2017
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Vol. 82
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Do exurban communities want more development?
Published in Journal of Land Use Science
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2017
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Vol. 12
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Issue #5
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Measuring the co-benefits of nature-based adaptation: the value of riparian buffers
Economics of Natural and Nature-Based Coastal Adaptation – Separating Fact from Fiction for Resilience Decision Making
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Greenland, NH
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2017
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Conserving small natural features with large ecological roles: A synthetic overview
Published in Biological Conservation
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2017
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Vol. 211
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Issue #B
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Managing small natural features: A synthesis of economic issues and emergent opportunities
Published in Biological Conservation
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2017
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Vol. 211
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Issue #B
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Managing spatially distributed small natural features that provide large-scale ecosystem services
ACES (A Community on Ecosystem Services: Linking Science, Practice, and Decision Making) 2016 Conference
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Jacksonville, FL
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2016
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Landowner decision-making in response to vernal pool regulations
Conserving small natural features in urbanizing landscapes at the Northeast Natural History Conference
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Springfield, MA
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2016
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The macroeconomic cost of catastrophic pollinator declines
Published in Ecological Economics
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2016
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Vol. 126
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Using a hybrid regulatory approach to conserve small natural features: Lessons from Maine, USA
Joint Annual Meetings of the Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association and the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society
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Newport, RI
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2015
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Conserving small natural features with large ecosystem functions
SUNY Plattsburgh
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Plattsburgh, NY
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2015
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Birds, bats, and bees: ecosystem services provided by mobile organisms
SUNY Plattsburgh
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Plattsburgh, NY
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2015
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Pollination services and grower decision making
ACES (A Community on Ecosystem Services: Linking Science, Practice, and Decision Making) 2014 Conference
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Washington, DC
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2014
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Macroeconomic consequences of lost pollination services
ACES (A Community on Ecosystem Services: Linking Science, Practice, and Decision Making) 2014 Conference
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Washington, DC
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2014
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Community-scale innovations to conserve natural resources: assessing patterns in interactions among state and local government policies
Annual Meeting of the Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
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Morgantown, WV
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2014
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Of pools and people: application of vernal pool amphibian landscape genetics in a socio-environmental coupled-systems model
Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference
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Portland, ME
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2014
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Pasture conversion and competitive land rents in the Amazon
Published in Ecological Economics
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2014
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Vol. 97
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The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics
Chapter: Connecting ecosystem services to land use: implications for valuation and policyPublished by Oxford University Press
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2014
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Valuing Ecosystem Services: Methodological Issues and Case Studies
Chapter: Valuation of pollination services: a comparison of approachesPublished by Edward Elgar Publishing
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2014
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Conserving metapopulations in human-altered landscapes at the urban-rural fringe
Published in Ecological Economics
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2013
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Vol. 95
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Economic consequences of pollinator declines
ACES/EM/ESP (A Community on Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Markets, and the Ecosystem Partnership) 2012 Conference
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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2012
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Ecosystem service value and agricultural conversion in the Amazon: implications for policy intervention
Published in Environmental and Resource Economics
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2012
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Vol. 53
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Marginal lands: the role of remote sensing in constructing landscapes for agrofuel development
Published in Journal of Peasant Studies
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2012
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Vol. 39
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Ecosystem services provided by bats
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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2011
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Agricultural and economy-wide effects of pollinator declines
AAEA/NAREA Joint Annual Meeting
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Pittsburg, PA
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2011
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Direct and indirect welfare effects of global pollinator declines
University of Maine
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Orono, ME
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2011
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Are wetland buffers cost-effective for species protection?
Wetland Buffers Symposium: Theory, Science, Policy and Implementation.
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Baraboo, WI
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2011
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Valuing local carbon sequestration along an urban-to-rural gradient
Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association
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Lowell, MA
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2010
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Economic consequences of pollinator declines: A synthesis
University of New Hampshire
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Durham, NH
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2010
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Pollination services and agriculture: a world without vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry?
2010 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) Annual Meeting
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Atlantic City, NJ
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2010
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Cost-effective species conservation in exurban communities: A spatial analysis
Published in Resource and Energy Economics
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2010
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Vol. 32
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Are wetland regulations cost-effective for species protection? A case study of amphibian metapopulations
Published in Ecological Applications
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2010
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Vol. 20
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The economics of cropland conversion in Amazonia: the importance of agricultural rent
Published in Ecological Economics
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2010
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Vol. 69
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Economic consequences of pollinator declines: A synthesis.
Published in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
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2010
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Vol. 39
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Awards & Grants
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Conservation Incentives and the Socio-spatial Dynamics of Water Sustainability
National Science Foundation (DISES Program)
Jan. 1, 2022 - Dec. 31, 2026
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Informing Conservation Program Targeting for Cost-Effective Integrated Pollinator-Pest Management
US Department of Agriculture (AFRI Program)
Jun. 1, 2019 - May. 31, 2024
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Navigating the Trade-off between Pest Management and Pollinator Conservation in Cucurbits
US Department of Agriculture (SCRI Program)
Sep. 1, 2016 - Aug. 22, 2022
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Of Pools and People: Small natural features with large ecosystem functions in urbanizing landscapes
National Science Foundation (CNH Program)
Jan. 1, 2014 - Sep. 30, 2019
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Exploring the Trends, the Science, and the Options of Buffer Management in the Great Bay Watershed
National Estuarine Research Reserve
Feb. 1, 2016 - Jan. 31, 2018
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Integrated Economic Analysis of Ecosystem Services for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability
US Department of Agriculture (AFRI Program)
Sep. 1, 2011 - Aug. 31, 2012
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