Linking ecosystem services with state-and-transition models to evaluate rangeland management decisions

• We simplified the existing state-and-transition models for rangelands using remote sensing technologies over larger landscapes.
• We developed an optimization model to include ecosystem services and dis-services in the state-and-transition models.
• Linear programming optimization model was run for private and public ranchers.
• Net benefit was maximum for the public rancher when ecosystem disservices were excluded.
• Rangeland managers can use the optimization model to compare different management alternatives.