The interactions among landscape pattern, climate change, and ecosystem services: progress and prospects

Gilman, Josh; Wu, Jianguo

doi:10.1007/s10113-023-02060-z

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“…Finally, anthropogenic activities have been considered one of the dominant factors in the spatiotemporal changes in temperature and precipitation during the recent decades, and have profoundly affected ESs [72,73]. Therefore, this study analyzed the influence of climatic factors (e.g., PRE and EVP) on the ES supply, demand, and supply-demand balance.…”

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Exploring the Response of Ecosystem Services to Socioecological Factors in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Zhang,

Fang,

Yao

et al. 2024

Land

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Understanding the response of the mechanisms driving ecosystem services (ESs) to socioecological factors is imperative for regional sustainable ecosystem management. However, previous studies of the mechanisms driving ESs have focused more on the degree and direction (positive and negative) of effects on ES supply or the supply–demand balance, while their nonlinear response processes have not been fully considered. In this study, a theoretical framework was developed through integrating land use/land cover data and supply and demand matrices with random forest models to assess response processes, including the relative importance and marginal effects, of essential factors that drive ES demand, supply, and supply–demand balance. Using the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) as an example, our results indicated that the ES deficit regions (332 of 1070 counties or 14.45% of the area) of the YREB were located mainly in the three national urban agglomerations. Moreover, this study indicated that natural environmental factors (such as slope and precipitation) significantly influence the supply and supply–demand balance of ESs, while socioeconomic factors (such as cropland ratios and population density) profoundly influence the demand for ESs. However, cropland ratios were the most important drivers of ES supply, demand, and supply–demand balance in the YREB. Moreover, three types of response processes were identified in this study: logarithmic increase, logarithmic decrease, and volatility increase. Specific driving factors (e.g., proportion of cropland area, precipitation, population density, and slope) had significant threshold effects on the supply–demand balance of ESs. The turning points that can be extracted from these response processes should be recommended for ecosystem restoration projects to maintain regional sustainable ecosystem management.

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Section: Implications For Ecosystem Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Response of Ecosystem Services to Socioecological Factors in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Zhang,

Fang,

Yao

et al. 2024

Land

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Quantifying the spatiotemporal patterns and environmental impacts of surface coal mining in the Xilingol Steppe, Inner Mongolia

Zeng,

Ma,

Wang

et al. 2024

Reg Environ Change

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Evaluation of landscape sustainability of protected areas and identification of its correlation factors: a case study of Beijing, China

Lu,

Zhuang,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Landsc Ecol

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Context Protected areas (PAs) serve as robust safeguards for the ecological safety of urban areas, and positively affect their socioeconomic development. However, limited research that integrates both ecological and socioeconomic aspects to evaluate the role of PAs. Objectives In this study, we aimed to establish an evaluation framework for PAs that applies the concept of landscape sustainability and integrates ecological and socioeconomic functions to enhance understanding of the role of PAs. Additionally, we aimed to develop analytical framework for identifying the correlation elements of landscape sustainability of protected areas (PA-LS) and improving the understanding of the mechanisms underlying PAs. Methods This study focused on 38 PAs in Beijing, China. We established the PA-LS evaluation framework to evaluate the role of PAs by analyzing changes in their overall landscape services from 2000 to 2019, and in ecological and socioeconomic functions. Subsequently, an analytical framework was established to identify the correlation factors of PA-LS, focusing on four aspects: the fundamental characteristics of PAs, landscape patterns of PAs, impact of urban areas on PAs, and human well-being within a 5 km buffer of PAs. Results The landscape sustainability evaluation of Beijings’ PAs revealed that 30 PAs (78.95% of the total) were strongly sustainable, eight (21.05%) were weakly sustainable, and none unsustainable. The results revealed that there was a positive correlation between several factors and PA-LS, including the density of the road network within a 1 km buffer of the PAs and the economic income and employment rate within a 5 km buffer of the PAs. Conversely, there was a negative correlation between one factor and PA-LS, its the distance between PAs and the urban center. Other factors, such as the category, area, classification of PAs, SHDI (ecological land), ED, LPI (forest) of PAs, and population density and residents’ health within a 5 km buffer of the PAs, were unrelated to PA-LS. Conclusions This study established a PA-LS evaluation framework and its correlation factor analytical framework, which significantly contributes to enhancing the value cognition of PAs and enriching landscape-sustainability evaluation methods. Furthermore, the study provides valuable support and serves as a reference for the conservation and management of PAs in Beijing and similar metropolitan cities.

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The interactions among landscape pattern, climate change, and ecosystem services: progress and prospects

Cited by 15 publications

References 109 publications

Exploring the Response of Ecosystem Services to Socioecological Factors in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Exploring the Response of Ecosystem Services to Socioecological Factors in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Quantifying the spatiotemporal patterns and environmental impacts of surface coal mining in the Xilingol Steppe, Inner Mongolia

Evaluation of landscape sustainability of protected areas and identification of its correlation factors: a case study of Beijing, China

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