Precise evaluation of ecosystem service value (ESV) under climate variability is essential for supporting regional ecological management. This study has improved the equivalent factor method. This ...

Reservoir ecosystems are under increasing pressure from ecological degradation and land-use conflict. This study proposes an integrated framework combining ecosystem service (ES) evaluation, trade-off ...

Tradeoffs and synergies between ecosystem services constitute an important topic in ecosystem management. The value of each service is substantially influenced by human activities, and changes will ...

Global change is profoundly impacting ecosystem functions and service provision. Previous studies have found that climate change and land use change have asymmetric interactions on water yield in ...

Functioning ecosystems provide the basis for security, basic material needs, health, social interaction and individual liberty. This is how the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005 described it, ...

Perspectives on nature's services / John Peterson Myers, Joshua S. Reichert -- Introduction: What are ecosystem services? / Gretchen C. Daily -- Ecosystem services: a fragmentary history / Harold A.

We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like aeroplanes or human hearts ...

All major components of our environment - land, water, and air - have been affected in pervasive and complex ways by the intensifying resource use of the growing human population. Resulting global and ...

This year’s observance of World Wildlife Day—3 March 2022—focuses on the recovery of key species and the restoration of the planet’s ecosystems. This important theme provides us with the opportunity ...

An ecosystem is normally defined as a complex of all living (plants, animals, microorganisms) and non-living (soil, climate) components interacting as a functional unit in a certain area. Each ...