Abstract There is well established literature that focuses on measuring the public (social) value of ecosystem services, alongside traditional economic valuations, with the aim of better informing natural resource management decision-making. However, few studies have considered the role of ecosystem service values directly in the context of the general public's support for specific natural resource management decisions and practices. This leaves open the possibility that policy makers and resource managers may be relying on criteria that have negligible influence on public preferences. In this paper, we consider this gap, by testing hypotheses concerning the public's willingness to support forest harvesting for biomass material that will facilitate electricity generation based on a survey of households in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, U.S. An ecosystem service valuation model was developed and subjected to multivariate statistical analyses (factor analysis and OLS linear regression). The findings show that respondents in biomass producing communities may be more supportive of biomass sources such as forestry residues and forest thinnings than dedicated energy wood harvesting operations. In addition, the findings indicate that using an ecosystem service approach can help explain differences in support between these respondents and provide insight into socially acceptable forms of biomass harvesting operations.

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使用生态系统服务框架破译对电力木质生物质生产的支持

摘要 有完善的文献侧重于衡量生态系统服务的公共（社会）价值，以及传统的经济估值，目的是更好地为自然资源管理决策提供信息。然而，很少有研究直接在公众支持特定自然资源管理决策和实践的背景下考虑生态系统服务价值的作用。这使得政策制定者和资源管理者可能依赖于对公众偏好影响微乎其微的标准存在可能性。在本文中，我们根据对美国威斯康星州 Tomahawk 的家庭的调查，通过测试有关公众愿意支持森林采伐以促进发电的生物质材料的假设来考虑这一差距。开发了生态系统服务估值模型并进行了多变量统计分析（因子分析和 OLS 线性回归）。调查结果表明，与专门的能源木材采伐作业相比，生物质生产社区的受访者可能更支持生物质资源，例如林业残留物和森林间伐。此外，调查结果表明，使用生态系统服务方法可以帮助解释这些受访者之间支持的差异，并深入了解社会可接受的生物质收获作业形式。调查结果表明，与专门的能源木材采伐作业相比，生物质生产社区的受访者可能更支持生物质资源，例如林业残留物和森林间伐。此外，调查结果表明，使用生态系统服务方法可以帮助解释这些受访者之间支持的差异，并深入了解社会可接受的生物质收获作业形式。调查结果表明，与专门的能源木材采伐作业相比，生物质生产社区的受访者可能更支持生物质资源，例如林业残留物和森林间伐。此外，调查结果表明，使用生态系统服务方法可以帮助解释这些受访者之间支持的差异，并深入了解社会可接受的生物质收获作业形式。