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 …

To better manage our environment, systematic information is needed on the state of
ecosystems and their interactions with society. Efforts have been undertaken to design …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

The scientific assessment of ecosystem service value (ESV) and landscape ecological risk
(LER) is important for ecological security and sustainable development. However, existing …

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 …