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Experts Directory: Robert R. Alexander

Robert R. Alexander

Titles and job responsibilities:

  • Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

Books or significant articles published:

  • Co-wrote "Wildlife Viewing Preferences of Visitors to Protected Areas in South Africa: Implications for the Role of Ecotourism in Conservation." Journal of Ecotourism.
  • Co-wrote "Trophy Hunting has the Potential to Create Incentives for Wildlife Conservation in Africa Where Alternative Wildlife-based Land Uses may not be Viable." Animal Conservation.
  • Co-wrote "The Cost Efficiency of Wild Dog Lycaon pictus Conservation in South Africa." Conservation Biology, 19(4), 2005.
  • Co-wrote "The Potential Contribution of Ecotourism to African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus Conservation in South Africa." Biological Conservation, 123(3), 2005.
  • Co-wrote "Using Land as a Control Variable in Density-Dependent Bioeconomic Models." Ecological Modelling, 170(2-3), 2003.
  • Co-wrote "Single Species Versus Multiple Species Models: The Economic Implications." Ecological Modelling, 170(2-3), 2003.
  • Co-wrote "An Approach to Evaluate the Effect of Property Size on Land-use Options in Semi-arid Rangelands." Ecological Modelling, 149(2), 2002.
  • Wrote "Modelling Species Extinction: The Case for Non-Consumptive Values." Ecological Economics, 35(2), 2000.
  • Co-wrote "The Value of New Zealand Wallabies." Ecological Management and Restoration, 1(2), 2000.

Current or recent research:

  • Bioeconomic modeling of endangered species conservation
  • Economic incentives in support of biodiversity conservation
  • Investigating the potential of economic demand in trophy hunting markets to support wildlife conservation

Current or recent awards, activities or memberships:

  • Director of the Resource Modeling Association
  • Past president of the New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
  • International Society for Ecological Economics
  • Review editor, Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics
  • Venture Trust Research Fellowship
  • Board of directors for Central Virginia Land Conservancy
  • Board of directors for Humane Society of Amherst County

Education:

  • B.S. University of Florida
  • M.A. University of Central Florida
  • Ph.D. University of Tennessee

Key terms:

Economics of wildlife and biodiversity conservation, social and institutional aspect of endangered species, ecological and bioeconomic modeling, natural resource economics