Over the last few years, considerable attention has been devoted in the scientific literature
and in the media to the concept of “ecosystem” services of soils. The monetary valuation of …

Floodplains include unique environments shaped over a long time horizon along rivers and
smaller streams and formed by alluvial sediments. As floodplains are flat, often with highly …

Integrated assessment and its inherent platform, integrated modelling, present an
opportunity to synthesize diverse knowledge, data, methods and perspectives into an …

Knowing how landscape structure affects the provision of ecosystem services (ES) is an
important first step toward better landscape planning. Because landscape structure is often …

Abstract Governments such as New Zealand's seek to raise the value of agricultural exports
while concurrently protecting the natural environment. Therefore, farmers are encouraged to …

The interaction relationship of ecosystem services (ESs) is among the most critical objective
in natural resource management. However, a complexity of the spatial heterogeneity of …

Context In climate-smart landscapes people manage land use for integrating sustainable
production, climate change adaptation and mitigation. The spatial dimension of this …

Relationships between land use and water quality are complex with interdependencies,
feedbacks, and legacy effects. Most river water quality studies have assessed catchment …

Severe threats from ongoing degradation undermine the grasslands to support ecosystem
services, biodiversity, and human well-being. Unfortunately, grasslands are often …

We quantified the soil conservation service of ecosystems in China on a GIS platform using
the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and revealed spatial patterns and impacts of this …