We re-investigate evidence for the non-equilibrium concept for rangelands using a georeferenced data base of N =83 studies published in peer-reviewed journals. Following up on a previous study by von Wehrden et al. (2012), we use their global map of rainfall variability and their method to...

We propose a new three-step model-selection framework for size distributions in empirical data. It generalizes a recent frequentist plausibility-of-fit analysis (Step 1) and combines it with a relative ranking based on the Bayesian Akaike Information Criterion (Step 2). We enhance these...

Many environmental damages are caused by substances which come into existence asundesired joint outputs in the production of desired goods. Whether an output isdesired or not, however, is not an inherent property of the substance itself butdepends on the context of production. This book studies...