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Scale and ecosystem services: how do observation, management, and analysis shift with scale - lessons from Québec

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2016
Ecosystem service assessment and management are shaped by the scale at which they are conducted; however, there has been little systematic investigation of the scales associated with ecosystem service processes, such as production, benefit distribution ...
Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Garry D. Peterson
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial analysis of the benefits and burdens of ecological focus areas for water-related ecosystem services vulnerable to climate change in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
There are many concerns regarding the effects of climate change including threats to ecosystem services. Rural land use can influence these services and there is scope for associated policies to steer decisions towards maximising benefits and minimising ...
Green, Andrew   +3 more
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Scenario analysis of the relationship among ecosystem service values—A case study of Yinchuan Plain in northwestern China

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Clarifying the relationships among regional ecosystem service values is important for ecosystem service management. However, most current studies are based on historical periods or individual time points, and there is still a lack of research on the ...
Chunyue Zhang   +5 more
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Global ecosystem service values in climate class transitions

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2020
Ecosystem service assessments facilitate the valuation of nature and support decision-making. Ecosystem services are connected to climate; however, ecosystem service values affected by climate change remain unclear.
Lisa Watson   +5 more
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The value of carbon sequestration and storage in coastal habitats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Coastal margin habitats are globally significant in terms of their capacity to sequester and store carbon, but their continuing decline, due to environmental change and human land use decisions, is reducing their capacity to provide this ecosystem ...
A. Garbutt   +67 more
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Wetland Ecosystem Services

open access: yes, 2016
Wetlands provide important and diverse benefits to people around the world, contributing provisioning, regulating, habitat, and cultural services. Critical regulating services include water-quality improvement, flood abatement and carbon management, while key habitat services are provided by wetland biodiversity.
de Groot, Dolf   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A spatially explicit and quantitative vulnerability assessment of ecosystem service change in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Environmental change alters ecosystem functioning and may put the provision of services to human at risk. This paper presents a spatially explicit and quantitative assessment of the corresponding vulnerability for Europe, using a new framework designed ...
Cramer, W.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Identifying representative case studies for ecosystem services mapping and assessment across Europe [PDF]

open access: yesOne Ecosystem, 2018
A key task in the ESMERALDA project dealt with identifying appropriate case studies to test the 'flexible methodology' in its different stages of development.
Davide Geneletti   +2 more
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Spatiotemporal Changes and Correlation Between Landscape Ecological Risk and Ecological Service Value in Hanjiang Eco-economic Belt

open access: yesShuitu baochi tongbao, 2023
[Objective] The spatiotemporal changes and correlations between landscape ecology risks and ecosystem service values in the Hanjiang eco-economic belt were studied in order to provide a theoretical basis for regional ecological security and sustainable ...
Zhang Jing   +3 more
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A summary of ecosystem service economic valuation methods and recommendations for future studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This short working paper summarizes ecosystem service economic valuation methods. The paper begins with an introduction to ecosystem services, and then describes the various methods that can be used to value them.
Kaval, Pamela
core   +1 more source

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