In recent years there has been an upsurge of studies on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF),
or the ability of ecosystems to simultaneously provide multiple functions and/or services. The …

Protected areas (PAs) are globally important environmental management tools against the
effects of human activities, as they support the conservation of marine biodiversity, habitats …

Managing relationships among ecosystem service supplies and demands and manipulating
certain drivers to maintain well-balanced ecosystem service suites are key challenges for …

Capturing the complexity of soil life for soil quality assessments is one of the most
challenging paradoxes of contemporary soil science. Soil biota perform a plethora of …

With the rapid development of urbanization, the disorderly expansion of land use for urban
construction has led to increasingly severe spatial dislocations of ecological land and …

Understanding the relationships among multiple ecosystem services (ESs) is crucial for the
sustainability of natural capital and ESs. The objective of this paper was to explore the …

Urban forest fragments are highly multifunctional and provide many ecosystem services to
people. However, the expansion and densification of cities is threatening this particular type …

Ecological security assessments are used to reflect the regional ecological security situation
because they can provide a basis for the construction of regional ecological security patterns …

Tree diversity has been shown to promote a broad range of ecosystem functions in forests.
However, how important these effects are in driving ecosystem multifunctionality in natural …

Green Belt policies govern peri-urban landscapes globally by restricting built development.
Yet, they often have little consideration for the land within them. This is especially the case in …