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Mapping biodiversity conservation priorities for protected areas: A case study in Xishuangbanna Tropical Area, China
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Elsevier
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Global biodiversity is declining rapidly, posing a severe threat to ecosystem functions and services. Protected Areas (PAs) can be extremely effective in protecting biodiversity, but conservation gaps arise as a result of ...
Scale effects on the relationships between land characteristics and ecosystem services- a case study in Taihu Lake Basin, China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Elsevier B.V. It is generally recognized that marginal changes in landscape characteristics can influence multiple ecosystem services, but the causal relationships involved are still very unclear due to lack of ...
Visitors off the trail: Impacts on the dominant plant, bryophyte and lichen species in alpine heath vegetation in sub-arctic Sweden
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Alpine ecosystems are under increasing pressure due to tourism and recreational activities. When leaving designated trails as is frequently observed, visitors can cause unintentional damage to vegetation. This study ...
Land management to reconcile ecosystem services supply and demand mismatches—A case study in Shanghai municipality, China
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wiley
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. City managers need to understand how land use and land cover (LULC) change in an urban landscape can affect future land degradation and conditions for ecosystem services (ESs) supply and ...
Spatio-temporal changes in water-related ecosystem services provision and trade-offs with food production
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
A key challenge for sustainability is protecting water-related ecosystems and the services (WESs) they provide while enhancing food security. Food production usually drives land use change, which results in ecosystem ...
Quantifying variations in ecosystem services in altitude-associated vegetation types in a tropical region of China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Natural vegetation is important for ecosystem services (ESs) provision, but is decreasing rapidly due to human-driven land use change, especially rapid expansion of commercial plantations. This is leading to a decrease in ...
Impacts of rural tourism-driven land use change on ecosystems services provision in Erhai Lake Basin, China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Tourism is an expanding activity worldwide, with vital implications for local economies but also for ecosystem management. Rural tourism in particular drives land use change, which results in ecosystem ...
Impacts of rapid urbanization on ecosystem services under different scenarios – A case study in Dianchi Lake Basin, China
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Dianchi Lake Basin (DLB) is a typical and representative type of urbanization model based on the plateau lake ecosystem, with scarce land resources, deficient water resources, and a fragile ecological environment, in ...
A new method for broad-scale modeling and projection of plant assemblages under climatic, biotic, and environmental cofiltering.
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
There is increasing interest in broad-scale analysis, modeling, and prediction of the distribution and composition of plant species assemblages under climatic, environmental, and biotic filtering, particularly for conservation ...
Framework of basin eco-compensation standard valuation for cross-regional water supply – a case study in northern China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Basin eco-compensation (BEC) helps balance development opportunities and ecological protection. With rising demand for water and severe ecological problems driven by rapid economic growth, an appropriate BEC standard is ...