Environmental managers have been striving to optimize landscape structure to achieve a
sustained supply of ecosystem services (ESs). However, we still lack a full understanding of …

Afforestation to control soil erosion has been implemented throughout China over the past
few decades. The long‐term hydrological effects, such as total water yield and baseflow, of …

Renewable freshwater is a fundamental natural resource for sustaining human social
development and the health of terrestrial ecosystems. While blue water (BW), which can be …

Abstract 'Urban Dry (Wet) Islands'(UDI/UWI) represents microclimate change that impacts
ecosystems and human well-being. However, causes of the UDI (UWI) phenomena are not …

The increasingly frequent storms pose significant threats to the sustainable development of
coastal regions, particularly in densely populated and economically vibrant areas …

Abstract Greening of Northern China and the Tibetan Plateau (NCTP) has been observed by
increases in the remotely sensed leaf area index (LAI), driven primarily by CO2 fertilization …

Evapotranspiration (ET) is generally affected by climate and vegetation, but the main factor
controlling the spatial variation of ET largely varied with different regions. Clarifying the …

Terrestrial ecosystems are critical to the global carbon cycle and climate change mitigation.
Over the past two decades, the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) has implemented various …

Evapotranspiration (ET) is a vital variable in the water and energy cycles and significantly
influenced by changing environmental conditions. However, in the data-lacking agro …

Human activities have triggered biodiversity loss, often resulting in biotic homogenization,
which poses a threat to human well-being. Nevertheless, the overall influence of diverse …