Research Area(s)
- Ecological economics
- Resource and environmental economics
- Environmental policy
- Wetland and wildlife conservation policy
Department
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Selected Publications
Boldt, L, P. Lloyd-Smith, K. Belcher, J. Pattison-Williams, G. Bergen, K. Blechinger and I. Paulson. 2025. Agronomic and economic effects of wetlands on crop yields using precision agriculture data. Agriculture Systems. 222(2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104169
Ofori, V., P. Lloyd-Smith, K. Belcher and P. Boxall 2025. Economic feasibility of a wetland certification program in the Canadian prairies. Environmental Management. 75, 1460-1471 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02150-0
Smith Lopez, C., A.M. Bogdan, K. Belcher, and D. Natcher, 2024. Advancing a WEF nexus security index for Alaska: an informed starting point for policy making. Polar Geography, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1088937X.2024.2311785
Ingram, S., K. Belcher and H. Hesseln. 2023. Policy development to support ecosystem services on pasture systems in Saskatchewan: A case study. Land Use Policy 134: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837723003514
Asare, E., P. Lloyd-Smith and K. Belcher. 2022. Spatially explicit modeling of wetland conservation costs in Canadian agricultural landscapes. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 70(1), 5-19
Baulch, H., C. Whitfield, J. Wolfe, N. Basu, A. Bedard-Haughn, K. Belcher, R. Clark, G. Ferguson, M. Hayashi, A. Ireson, P. Lloyd-Smith, P. Loring, J. W. Pomeroy, K. Shook & C. Spence. 2021. Synthesis of science: findings on Canadian Prairie wetland drainage, Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 46:4, 229-241, DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2021.1973911
Nijhum, F., C. Westbrook, B. Noble, K. Belcher, P. Lloyd-Smith, 2021. Evaluation of alternative land-use scenarios using an ecosystem services-based strategic environmental assessment approach. Land Use Policy, Volume 108,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105540
Courses
RRM 114.3 – Introductory Resource Economics and Policy
AREC 238.3 – Land Economics