Dynamics and Uncertainty in Land Use Conversion for Perennial Energy Crop Production: Exploring Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services Policies

Business & Economics

• Payments for Ecosystem Services 100%
• Land Use 64%
• Crops 63%
• Energy 47%
• Nitrogen 42%
• Corn 37%
• Soybean 37%
• Uncertainty 36%
• Farmers 25%
• Biofuels 24%
• Water Quality 24%
• Watershed 21%
• Energy Supply 17%
• Revenue 16%
• Cost of Production 16%
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions 16%
• Expected Returns 15%
• Cost Savings 14%
• United States of America 6%
• Costs 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• Panicum virgatum 74%
• energy crops 69%
• ecosystem services 66%
• uncertainty 61%
• land use 60%
• crop production 57%
• soybeans 18%
• farmers 17%
• Chesapeake Bay 17%
• econometric models 16%
• corn 15%
• dynamic models 14%
• nitrogen 14%
• runoff 14%
• greenhouse gas emissions 13%
• cost effectiveness 13%
• crops 13%
• plant establishment 13%
• water quality 12%
• biofuels 11%
• income 10%
• energy 7%