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Plants, 2022 Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M.King & H.Rob. is one of the most threatening invasive alien plants in China. Since its initial invasion into Yunnan in the 1940s, it spread rapidly northward to southern Mount Nyba in Sichuan, which lies on the eastern ...
Yi Zhang +6 more
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Assessing, quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services of coastal lagoons [PDF]
, 2018 The natural conservation of coastal lagoons is important not only for their ecological importance, but also because of the valuable ecosystem services they provide for human welfare and wellbeing.
Angus, Stewart +35 more
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Identifying hotspots and management of critical ecosystem services in rapidly urbanizing Yangtze River Delta Region, China [PDF]
, 2017 Rapid urbanization has altered many ecosystems, causing a decline in many ecosystem services, generating serious ecological crisis. To cope with these challenges, we presented a comprehensive framework comprising five core steps for identifying and ...
Cai, Wenbo +4 more
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Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services
Land, 2021 Agroforestry, land use at the agriculture-forestry interface that implies the presence of trees on farms and/or farmers in forests, has a history that may be as old as agriculture, but as an overarching label and topic of formal scientific analysis, it ...
Meine van Noordwijk
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Social preferences for ecosystem services in a biodiversity hotspot in South America [PDF]
, 2019 Identifying which ecosystem services are relevant to different stakeholders and understanding stakeholders’ perceptions of such services is useful for making informed decisions, especially in regions of the world where the achievement of biodiversity ...
Bidegain, Iñigo +4 more
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Climate change induced transformations of agricultural systems: insights from a global model
Environmental Research Letters, 2014 Climate change might impact crop yields considerably and anticipated transformations of agricultural systems are needed in the coming decades to sustain affordable food provision.
D Leclère +9 more
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Country Representatives’ Perceptions of the Biodiversity Science-Policy Interface
Conservation, 2021 Biodiversity knowledge is communicated by scientists to policymakers at the biodiversity “science-policy interface” (SPI). Although the biodiversity SPI is the subject of a growing body of literature, gaps in our understanding include the efficacy of ...
André Derek Mader +3 more
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Fishing for ecosystem services [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Management, 2016 Ecosystems are commonly exploited and manipulated to maximize certain human benefits. Such changes can degrade systems, leading to cascading negative effects that may be initially undetected, yet ultimately result in a reduction, or complete loss, of certain valuable ecosystem services.
Kevin L. Pope +8 more
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Using dialogue to contextualize culture, ecosystem services, and cultural ecosystem services
Ecology and Society, 2021 We propose an alternative methodology for engaging with multifaceted cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the Global South. We explore the use of dialogue as a tool for understanding CES in situ, while developing shared action steps toward CES ...
Karen E. Allen +2 more
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Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities [PDF]
, 2020 Presents current knowledge about ecosystem services in urban planning, with case study applications and future projects Offers in-depth, but accessible, coverage of outstanding issues and proposed solutions to better integrate ecosystem services in city planning Provides fully worked out case studies, from policy questions, to baseline analysis and ...
Geneletti, Davide +3 more
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