Most of the Mediterranean woodlands in Spain, Portugal, and California are managed as
agrosilvopastoral enterprises, producing some combination of livestock, wood, cork
products, and crops, as well as wildlife habitat and diverse environmental services. Private
amenity benefits to landowners have been suggested as an explanation for high land prices
and the persistence of such rangeland enterprises despite apparently marginal cash returns.
In this study, private amenity values are estimated using a contingent valuation technique in …