Latin America, and particularly, the Rio de la Plata Grasslands (RPG), are one of the regions
with the highest rates of land use change worldwide. These changes drastically alter …

The debate about the relative merits of the'land-sparing'and'land-sharing'approaches to
biodiversity conservation is usually addressed at local scale. Here, however, we undertake a …

Increasing human activities have greatly influenced the ecosystem and the use of ecological
resources, and the unbalanced urban–rural development in China (urban and rural areas …

Yearly climate fluctuations introduce variability in forest productivity that impacts final yield.
Over the decade-to-century timescale, climate change is likely to have similar effects …

Regional ecosystems have been greatly affected by the rapid expansion of urban areas. In
order to explore the impact of land use change on net primary productivity (NPP) in rapidly …

Anthropogenic activities have induced profound changes across the globe. Human
appropriation of net primary production (HANPP) is a useful indicator for quantifying …

It is necessary to quantitatively study the relationship between climate and human factors on
net primary productivity (NPP) inorder to understand the driving mechanism of NPP and …

Human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP) has been developed in the 21st
century as an ecological indicator that may supersede ecological footprint due to its spatial …

Complexities in the rates and patterns of change necessitate the consideration of alternate
futures in planning processes. These scenarios, and the inputs and assumptions used to …

Seagrass ecosystems have a role as providers of ecosystem services and have been used
by fisherman for a long time. Information about the connectivity between seagrass …