Spatiotemporal pattern of trade-offs and synergistic relationships among multiple ecosystem services in an arid inland river basin in NW China

Pan, Jingxi; Wei, Shimei; Li, Zhen

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106345

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“…The available methods for measuring the trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services include the ecological–economic integrated model [ 55 ], correlation analysis [ 56 ], spatial analysis mapping methods [ 57 ], and scenario simulation [ 58 ]. Correlation analysis is a simple and effective method for identifying the type and degree of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies; accordingly, this approach has been widely used by scholars [ 59 , 60 , 61 ]. Spatial autocorrelation analysis was then performed in this study to measure the trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services.…”

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Trade-Off and Projecting Effects of Land Use Change on Ecosystem Services under Different Policies Scenarios: A Case Study in Central China

Wei

Xue

et al. 2021

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Predicting the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and trade-off/synergy relationships of ecosystem service value (ESV) under different policy scenarios is of great significance for realizing regional sustainable development. This study established a framework and used the geographical simulation and optimization systems-future land use simulation (GeoSOS-FLUS) model and bivariate local autocorrelation analysis to stimulate and predict the impact of land use change on the ESV of Anyang City from 1995 to 2025. We also explored the trade-offs and synergy among ecosystem services under three policy scenarios (natural evolution, cultivated land protection, and ecological protection) in 2025. Results show that (1) the land use change in Anyang from 1995 to 2025 was significant, and the degree of land use change under the cultivated land and ecological protection scenarios was more moderate than that under the natural evolution scenario; (2) The total ESV decreased between 1995 and 2015, amounting to losses of 1126 million yuan, and the decline from 2015 to 2025 under the natural evolution scenario was more significant than those under the cultivated land protection and ecological protection scenarios; and (3) an obvious synergy was observed between various ecosystem services in Anyang City under different scenarios in 2025, and the most significant synergy was observed under the natural evolution scenario. In terms of spatial distribution, the agglomeration of “high–high” synergy in the west and “low–low” synergy in the central region was significant. Local areas showed “high–low” and “low–high” trade-off relationships scattered between their built land and woodland or cultivated land. The proposed framework can provide certain scientific support for regulating land use and ecosystem services in rapidly urbanized areas.

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Trade-Off and Projecting Effects of Land Use Change on Ecosystem Services under Different Policies Scenarios: A Case Study in Central China

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Xue

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“…The number of samples selected in this study was as follows: 14,708 sample sites in the entire region, 8606 sample sites in the Alar-Yingbaza river section, and 6102 sample sites in the Yingbaza-Qiala river section. Finally, according to the sample points of the different ES, the correlation coefficient was calculated by SPSS 22 (Pearson, two-tailed) [19].…”

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“…Correlation analysis is one of the most commonly used methods. According to correlation analysis, the trade-off relationships between different ES can be qualitatively evaluated, and an operational standard can be provided for land use management policies and ecosystem protection [16][17][18][19]. In addition, through the combination of correlation analysis and principal component analysis, and using the trade-off index to quantify the trade-offs and synergies between different ES, the main influencing factors of the trade-offs and changes of different ES can be determined, so as to manage the ecosystem and its landscape more scientifically [20,21].…”

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“…However, research on ES in arid and semi-arid areas of the world has mainly focused on improving ecosystem management by evaluating the interaction of ES under land use/cover change. For example, studies on arid and semi-arid areas in Spain, Iran, Central Asia, and China mainly focus on evaluating the trade-offs and interactions between ES (i.e., food production, water production, soil erosion control, and CAS), and providing scientific methods for ecosystem management [15,19,[57][58][59]. Other research has focused on evaluating the importance of ES through field surveys of local residents [60].…”

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The Enhanced Management of Water Resources Improves Ecosystem Services in a Typical Arid Basin

Guo

Zhang

et al. 2020

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Ecosystem services (ES) are essential for human well-being. However, few studies have investigated the optimization of the management of water resources based on trade-offs of ES in arid areas. In order to solve this problem, four important ES that affect the carbon cycle and water cycle were selected from the regulating ecosystem services (carbon storage (CAS), evapotranspiration (ET)), the supporting ecosystem services (the soil drought index (TVDI)) and the provisioning ecosystem services (groundwater depth (GWD)) in arid areas. The spatiotemporal distribution of these four ES were quantitatively analyzed—using related models—in the Tarim River, situated in a typical arid inland basin, in 2000, 2010, and 2018, in order to determine the fundamental driving factors of change in ES. The results showed that CAS was mainly affected by changes in land use, while ET, TVDI, and GWD were mainly affected by changes in water volume. The unified management of water resources improved the regulating ecosystem services (an initial increase in CAS, followed by a decrease; ET continued to grow from 2000 to 2018), the supporting ecosystem services (TVDI was maintained at 0.69–0.74), and the provisioning ecosystem services (GWD rose 5.77% in 2000–2010, and stabilized at 3.05 m in 2018). The trade-off/synergy relationships of the four ES were further analyzed at different geographical scales through correlation analysis and the trade-off index (RMSD). In different river sections, the ES that affect carbon and water cycles were highly dependent on each other. In areas with high CAS, the groundwater depth was low, and the soil moisture and ET were high. With different land use types, there was a synergistic relationship between CAS and GWD in woodland and grassland areas, and between ET and GWD in farmland areas. This showed that there was still strong competition between natural vegetation and groundwater, represented by woodland and grassland, and the ineffective loss of water resources such as ET through expansion of farmland. Finally, this study innovatively incorporated the results of trade-offs of ES into water resource management. In order to reduce the trade-offs between ES, and to improve ES, to achieve the ecological protection and restoration of desert riparian forests, and to optimize the water resource management in arid areas, different ecological water regulation and control measures were proposed in the high-flow years and the low-flow years of arid areas. This study can provide important scientific references for the improvement of ES and the optimization of the management of water resources in other similar river basins in arid areas.

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“…From the view of research methods, two ways are popular for ESV evaluations, including one based on the unit price of ecosystem service products and another based on the unit area’s equivalent value factor [ 22 ]. The former mainly utilizes ecological models to quantify ecosystem processes and functions and then estimates the value of ecosystem services using the direct market method, alternative market method or simulated market value method [ 8 , 23 , 24 ]. This method is mainly applied in cases such as small-scale areas or individual ecosystems due to its high data requirements and complex calculations [ 25 , 26 ].…”

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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Ecosystem Service Value Changes and Their Coordination with Economic Development: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin, China

Guo

Zhang

Zhong

et al. 2020

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By integrating multiple remote sensing data sources this study accurately assesses the spatiotemporal characteristics of changes in ecosystem service values (ESVs) in the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2015 through Theil-Sen median trend analysis and the Mann-Kendall test. The stability and continuity of the ESVs were comprehensively characterized using coefficients of variation and the Hurst exponent. The degree of coherence between ESVs and economic growth (represented by gross domestic product GDP) on the same temporal and spatial scales was analyzed using ecological-economic coordination (EEC) models. The results show that (1) from 2001 to 2015 the total ESV and the ESV per unit area in the Yellow River Basin generally showed a U-shaped pattern (decreasing slightly then increasing rapidly). (2) The areas with increasing ESVs made up approximately 55.6% of the total area of the river basin. The areas with a decreasing pattern were mainly in the west and north of the Yellow River Basin. (3) The stability and continuity of the ESVs showed a clustered, compact distribution. (4) The most common level of EEC was slightly uncoordinated followed by slightly coordinated and highly coordinated. The proportion of coordinated areas was relatively higher in cultivated land and the lowest in built-up land.

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Spatiotemporal pattern of trade-offs and synergistic relationships among multiple ecosystem services in an arid inland river basin in NW China

Cited by 71 publications

References 41 publications

Trade-Off and Projecting Effects of Land Use Change on Ecosystem Services under Different Policies Scenarios: A Case Study in Central China

Trade-Off and Projecting Effects of Land Use Change on Ecosystem Services under Different Policies Scenarios: A Case Study in Central China

The Enhanced Management of Water Resources Improves Ecosystem Services in a Typical Arid Basin

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Ecosystem Service Value Changes and Their Coordination with Economic Development: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin, China

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