Supporting urban ecosystem services across terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms

Lowe, E. Cronin; Steven, Rochelle; Morris, Rebecca; Parris, Kirsten M.; Aguiar, Axton C.; Webb, Cameron E.; Bugnot, Ana B.; Dafforn, Katherine A.; Connolly, Rod M.; Mayer‐Pinto, Mariana

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152689

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“…Many ecosystem services are connected within landscapes (Gregr et al., 2020; Lowe et al., 2022), with the impact of changes cascading through multiple ecological functions and socio‐ecological systems (Gregr et al., 2020; Keyes et al., 2021; Potschin‐Young et al., 2018; Walsh et al., 2016). For example, in salt marshes a range of species both directly provide and support ecosystem services such as shoreline stabilisation, water filtration, carbon sequestration, fisheries and birdwatching in a complex and interconnected system vulnerable to cascading species losses (Keyes et al., 2021).…”

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Linking network ecology and ecosystem services to benefit people

Stanworth,

Peh,

Morris

2024

People and Nature

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Ecosystems are rapidly degraded by anthropogenic pressures, affecting the provision of ecosystem services. Therefore, it is increasingly important that we can quantify and manage ecosystem services to maintain human well‐being. Many ecosystem services are underpinned by ecosystem functions and processes that are driven by interspecific ecological interactions. Humans then benefit from ecosystem services through socio‐ecological interactions. Therefore, interaction network approaches can provide a unique understanding of ecosystem service flows. In this paper, we assess the current interface between network ecology and ecosystem services, before exploring how work linking these two fields could be enhanced. We emphasise the value of network approaches and explore network methods to improve the assessment and management of ecosystem services. Within this, we highlight the role of local and indigenous knowledge in operationalising network approaches in a useful ecosystem service context. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Linking network ecology and ecosystem services to benefit people

Stanworth,

Peh,

Morris

2024

People and Nature

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“…The supply of ecosystem services can depend on ecological processes that operate across multiple ecosystems (Barbier et al 2011; Lowe et al 2022). Interconnections among ecosystems can occur through the movement of plant propagules, migration of animals and the transport of physical matter in air and water.…”

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Ecosystem services in connected catchment to coast ecosystems: monitoring to detect emerging trends

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Ange

Connolly

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Environmental Economic Accounts track the supply and use of interconnected ecosystem services, to inform environmental decision makers about the past and current status of ecosystem services. Ecosystem services are underpinned by the extent and condition of ecosystems, both of which are tracked in accounts with indicators. Policy makers need to know if indicators lead or lag environmental change, so that indicators are interpreted appropriately. Here we test the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) framework for ecological condition to ask whether interconnected indicators lead or lag long-term change in ecosystem condition. We chose a case-study with high variability, which likely confounds our ability to track long-term change- a catchment in Northern Australia with high year-to-year variation in river flow that leads to high natural variation in ecological condition. We first quantified covariation among ecological indicators for pasture biomass, vegetation greenness and barramundi catch per unit effort. Covariation in the indicators was driven by river flow, with higher values of all indicators occurring in years with greater river flow. Barramundi catch per unit effort was most sensitive to changes in river flow, followed by a vegetation greenness and pasture biomass. We then defined reference bounds for each indicator that accounted for natural variation in river flow. We predicted the emergence times for each indicator, the time taken for each indicator to emerge from the background of natural variation. Emergence times were >10 years in all cases. Detecting change was more difficult where there were gaps in data. Ecosystem accounts can be used to compare ecological condition against performance objectives, but should consider natural variation in the system. National accounts are often used by decision makers to directly inform near-term actions, because economic indicators respond rapidly to new policies and the prevailing economic conditions. We found that ecological condition indicators in highly variable ecosystems are lagging indicators of change, and as such should be used to assess historical performance, not as leading indicators of future change.

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“…Input and output variables and data source -1 + α ln P it + β ln GDPPC it + θ ln TEC it + γ ln GDPR it + δ ln FIR it + μ ln SUR it + ω 1 ln ER it + ω 2 ln RI it + ln ε(6) …”

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Efficiency of ecological products supply in China and its influencing factors from perspectives of technology innovation and institutional integration

SHENG

2023

JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES

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Supporting urban ecosystem services across terrestrial, marine and freshwater realms

Cited by 12 publications

References 53 publications

Linking network ecology and ecosystem services to benefit people

Linking network ecology and ecosystem services to benefit people

Ecosystem services in connected catchment to coast ecosystems: monitoring to detect emerging trends

Efficiency of ecological products supply in China and its influencing factors from perspectives of technology innovation and institutional integration

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