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Applying ecosystem services principles to the derivation of freshwater environmental quality standards

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Freshwater ecosystems provide many benefits to people (ecosystem services), but their biodiversity and functioning is threatened by anthropogenic stressors, including chemical pollution.
Lorraine Maltby   +2 more
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Beyond valuation. Monetary aggregates for the SEEA-EA. The Italian proposal [PDF]

open access: yesOne Ecosystem, 2022
After years of experimentation, documents, meetings, consultations and negotiations, the SEEA EA re-ignited the debate on the monetary quantification of the value of nature.
Aldo Femia, Alessio Capriolo
doaj   +3 more sources

Implications of mechanistic modeling of drought effects on growth and competition in forest landscape models

open access: yesEcosphere, 2016
The incidence of drought is expected to increase worldwide as a factor structuring forested landscapes. Ecophysiological mechanisms are being added to Forest Landscape Models (FLMs) to increase their robustness to the novel environmental conditions of ...
Eric J. Gustafson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring and modeling waterlogging tolerance to predict the future for threatened lowland ash forests [PDF]

open access: yesBiogeosciences
The emerald ash borer is an invasive pest causing widespread mortality of ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) across the USA. Broad-scale models can help identify management strategies to maintain lowland ash ecosystems.
E. J. Gustafson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Relationship Between Ecosystem Service and Residents’ Well-being in a Farming-Pastoral Zone During 2010—2020

open access: yesShuitu baochi tongbao, 2023
[Objective] The spatial relationship between ecosystem service and residents’ well-being in a farming-pastoral zone was studied in order to determine the way in which ecosystem management could produce sustainable development of the social economy ...
Yifang Zhao, Ye Yuan, Yuan Gao
doaj   +1 more source

Ecosystem services

open access: yesInternational Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystems Services and Management, 2015
Despite the growing popularity of the concept of ecosystem services, policy makers and practitioners continue to struggle with the challenge of translating it into practice. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, this volume takes up the challenge to provide a framework for the effective implementation of simple concepts into complex ...
Gissi, Elena   +2 more
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Identifying ecosystem states with patterns of ecosystem service bundles

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2021
Identifying the state of an ecosystem and any changes in its state can help in detecting critical ecosystem transitions and formulating adaptive measures to reduce losses of ecosystem services. Such efforts are important for regional sustainability.
Jia Bi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can urban metabolism models advance green infrastructure planning? Insights from ecosystem services research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Urban metabolism studies have gained momentum in recent years as a means to assess the environmental performance of cities and to point to more resource-efficient strategies for urban development.
Perrotti, Daniela, Stemke, Sven
core   +1 more source

Ecosystem service potentials, flows and demands-concepts for spatial localisation, indication and quantification

open access: yesLandscape Online, 2014
The high variety of ecosystem service categorisation systems, assessment frameworks, indicators, quantification methods and spatial localisation approaches allows scientists and decision makers to harness experience, data, methods and tools. On the other
Benjamin Burkhard   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating trait-based empirical and modeling research to improve ecological restoration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A global ecological restoration agenda has led to ambitious programs in environmental policy to mitigate declines in biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Fiedler, Sebastian   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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