Title:

Data collected in 2012 using Q-methodology to identify the importance of water-based ecosystem services derived from the Shoshone National Forest

Author(s):

Armatas, Christopher A.; Venn, Tyron J.; Watson, Alan E.

Publication Year:

2017

How to Cite:

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Armatas, Christopher A.; Venn, Tyron J.; Watson, Alan, E. 2017. Data collected in 2012 using Q-methodology to identify the importance of water-based ecosystem services derived from the Shoshone National Forest. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0056

Abstract:

This data publication contains the results of a 2012 study of the preferences of 96 stakeholders (e.g., farmers, ranchers, outfitters and guides, average citizens, natural resource managers and scientists, county commissioners) from Wyoming and Montana for 34 water-based ecosystem services. The ecosystem services were identified through literature review, focus groups, and pilot tests, and the list of services was considered to be a representation of the full range of water-based ecosystem services derived from the Shoshone National Forest in northwest Wyoming. Data include: (1) demographic data from each stakeholder (e.g., gender, age, education); (2) importance assigned to 34 water-based ecosystem services on a scale from ‘most important’ to ‘most unimportant’ and; (3) perceptions (i.e., qualitative data from short interviews) about the potential impact of various drivers on the flow of their two ‘most important’ ecosystem services.

Keywords:

Q-methodology; Q-sort; Q-method; water-based ecosystem services; social preferences; water management; drivers; cultural services; production services; provisioning services; regulating services; factor analysis; rural communities; environmental perspectives; boundaries; environment; planningCadastre; society; economy; inlandWaters; Environment and People; Natural Resource Management & Use; Climate change; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Forest Products; Forest & Plant Health; United States of America; Wyoming; Wind-Bighorn Basin; Shoshone National Forest; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; Montana

Related publications:

• Armatas, Christopher A.; Venn, Tyron E.; Watson, Alan E. 2014. Applying Q-methodology to select and define attributes for non-market valuation: A case study from Northwest Wyoming, United States. Ecological Economics. 107: 447-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.010
• Armatas, Christopher A. 2012. The importance of water-based ecosystem services derived from the Shoshone National Forest. Master of Science Thesis. Armatas 2012. Missoula, MT: The University of Montana. Included in data publication download: \Supplements\Armatas_2012_Thesis_Q-study.pdf. http://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/1025/
• Armatas, Christopher A.; Venn, Tyron E.; Watson, Alan E. 2016. Understanding social–ecological vulnerability with Q-methodology: a case study of water-based ecosystem services in Wyoming, USA. Sustainability Science. 12(1): 105-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-016-0369-1

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