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ArticleLandscape ecology2022

Drivers and constraints of land use transitions on Western grasslands: insights from a California mountain ranching community.

Nicole Buckley Biggs

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Article in Landscape ecology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nicole Buckley BiggsSchool of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2635-7257
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextLand use change drives a host of sustainability challenges on Earth's grasslands. To understand the relationship between changing land use patterns, human well-being, and ecosystem services, research is needed into land use transitions on privately-owned grasslands. Such inquiry lies at the intersection of land system science, landscape sustainability science and environmental governance.

objectivesThis study investigated land use change in a mountain ranching community in the Sierra Nevada, California. The research objective was to highlight factors influencing land use transitions and corollary ecological outcomes on privately-owned grasslands in the Western US.

methodsThis mixed methods case study integrated participant observation, 30 semi-structured interviews, and analysis of land cover and real estate data. Interviews were conducted with ranchers, public agencies, and conservation and real estate industry representatives, and analyzed with the constant comparison method using NVivo 12.

resultsLand use transitions in the case study region include agricultural intensification, residential and solar development, and disintensification. These transitions were influenced by many factors including decreasing land access and water availability, amenity migration, intergenerational succession, and conservation policy.

conclusionsBy highlighting factors influencing land use transitions on working lands, this study can be applied to improve the uptake of environmental policies. For the future, several approaches may support grasslands conservation: ensuring grazing lands access, income diversification, groundwater regulations, agriculture-compatible conservation easements, and land use policies supporting ownership transition to amenity purposes rather than low-density residential development. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10980-021-01385-6.

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Ecosystem servicesLand use transitionsMental modelsRangelandsSocial-ecological systems

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PMID35013646
PMCPMC8731682
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