A clear understanding of the driving factors for different ecosystem services (ESs) is quite
essential for sustainable ecosystem management. It is important to strengthen research in …

Decades of intensifying human activities have caused dramatic changes in land use and
land cover (LULC) in the ecologically fragile areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which have …

Understanding ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies is the foundation to achieve the
efficient management of the ecosystem and improve human well-being. However, the …

United Nations established 2021–2030 as the decade for ecosystem restoration and
“prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide”. Ecosystem and land …

Ecosystem service is widely acknowledged as a mainstream and valuable concept for the
sustainability-oriented decision-makings on meeting the fundamental needs for improving …

Global climate change and human activities are expected to have far-reaching implications
for the associations between ecosystem services (ESs), especially in arid regions. Here …

The study of ecological security patterns (ESPs) is of great significance for improving the
value of ecosystem services and promoting both ecological protection and high-quality socio …

The trade-off and synergy relationship of ecosystem services is an important topic in the
current assessment. The value of each service provided by the ecosystem is substantially …

Land use and land cover (LULC) changes exert large impacts on key ecosystem services
(ESs) in arid areas. This study presents a framework to link LULC change with spatial …

Spatial function zones (SFZs) provide an effective means to determine the function of spatial
zone and to optimize land use layout. China has initiated a series of spatial planning …