Grassland ecosystem services: a systematic review of research advances and future directions
Context Grasslands provide a variety of ecosystem services (ESs) for humans. While much
ES research has focused on forests and wetlands, synthesizing the currently somewhat …
ES research has focused on forests and wetlands, synthesizing the currently somewhat …
Holocene fire activity during low-natural flammability periods reveals scale-dependent cultural human-fire relationships in Europe
Fire is a natural component of global biogeochemical cycles and closely related to changes
in human land use. Whereas climate-fuel relationships seem to drive both global and …
in human land use. Whereas climate-fuel relationships seem to drive both global and …
[HTML][HTML] Impacts of urbanization on land use/cover changes and its probable implications on local climate and groundwater level
Given that urbanization is considered as one of the most significant anthropogenic
alterations of the environmental framework, the present study attempts to understand …
alterations of the environmental framework, the present study attempts to understand …
Determining the contributions of climate change and human activities to vegetation dynamics in agro-pastural transitional zone of northern China from 2000 to 2015
H Jiang, X Xu, M Guan, L Wang, Y Huang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The vegetation in the agro-pastoral transitional zone of northern China (APTZNC) was
significantly restored, and both climate change and ecological restoration projects …
significantly restored, and both climate change and ecological restoration projects …
Spatial-temporal changes in ecosystem services and the trade-off relationship in mountain regions: A case study of Hengduan Mountain region in Southwest China
Y Wang, E Dai - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Mountain regions are usually regarded as important ecological functional areas that provide
various ecosystem services to the people living in the mountains and surrounding areas …
various ecosystem services to the people living in the mountains and surrounding areas …
Impacts of changes in climate and landscape pattern on ecosystem services
R Hao, D Yu, Y Liu, Y Liu, J Qiao, X Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
The restoration of degraded vegetation can effectively improve ecosystem services, increase
human well-being, and promote regional sustainable development. Understanding the …
human well-being, and promote regional sustainable development. Understanding the …
Vegetation restoration dominated the variation of water use efficiency in China
Implementation of numerous ecological restoration programs over the last two decades has
significantly increased vegetation coverage in China. However, the response of the coupled …
significantly increased vegetation coverage in China. However, the response of the coupled …
Cropland expansion outweighs the monetary effect of declining natural vegetation on ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract Changes in land cover and land degradation alter natural ecosystems, thereby
affecting the services these ecosystems provide. However, there have been few attempts to …
affecting the services these ecosystems provide. However, there have been few attempts to …
Numerical assessment of the urban green space scenarios on urban heat island and thermal comfort level in Tehran Metropolis
The growing rate of urbanization and alterations in natural land-use/land-cover properties
cause many worldwide environmental issues such as Urban Heat Island (UHI), low Thermal …
cause many worldwide environmental issues such as Urban Heat Island (UHI), low Thermal …
Impacts of land use and land cover changes on regional climate in the Lhasa River basin, Tibetan Plateau
Land use and land cover change (LUCC) can alter land surface-atmosphere interactions in
the exchange of energy fluxes, with additional consequences on temperature …
the exchange of energy fluxes, with additional consequences on temperature …