Assessment of soil and water resources in the Gando Protected Area by jalil Badamfirooz, leyla sharifi

“…By assessing the functions and ecosystem services of protected areas, planners and decision-makers of land use planning and sustainable development at the regional and national levels can be of great help. …”
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Landscape composition and orchard management effects on bat assemblages and bat foraging activity in apple crops by Marcos Miñarro, Daniel García

“…Abstract Bats are acknowledged as suppliers of essential ecosystem services such as insect pest control in agroecosystems. …”
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Valuing Florida Water Resources: Households’ Willingness to Pay for Water Availability by Tatiana Borisova, Fei He, Xiang Bi, Kelly Grogan, Tara Wade, Syed Shah

“…As the other papers in the series discuss, water resources provide us with a variety of goods and services (often referred to as ecosystem services). This paper discusses another ecosystem service that Florida water resources provide: water supply for households needs. …”
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Valuing Florida Water Resources: Households’ Willingness to Pay for Water Availability by Tatiana Borisova, Fei He, Xiang Bi, Kelly Grogan, Tara Wade, Syed Shah

“…As the other papers in the series discuss, water resources provide us with a variety of goods and services (often referred to as ecosystem services). This paper discusses another ecosystem service that Florida water resources provide: water supply for households needs. …”
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A FAIR and open geographic data collection for the Massaciuccoli Lake basin wetland in ItalyZenodoZenodo by Gian Luca Vannini, Pasquale Bove, Gianpaolo Coro

“…The GLHM methodology is applicable to other ecological contexts to create standardised structured frameworks for evaluating the status of the biodiversity and the ecosystem services and the interplay between anthropic pressures and the ecosystem response.…”
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Reconciliation ecology, from biological to social challenges by Denis Couvet, Frédéric Ducarme

“…We define such biodiversity as an alternative to species and site specific conservation approaches, demonstrating its analytical power to understand the dynamics of biodiversity changes, its consequences, in particular in regards to the fate of regulating ecosystem services. We then examine its potential for social legitimacy through a review of philosophical and policy frameworks. …”
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Valuing Florida Water Resources: Summary by Regions by Fei He, Tatiana Borisova, Xiang Bi, Kelly Grogan

“…The focus of this paper is specifically on supporting and regulating ecosystem services provided by Florida water resources. …”
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The Golden Afromontane ecosystems at cross-road: Wetland-based upstream-downstream linkage in Genale Dawa River Basin by Habtamu Temesgen, Haile Ketema, Gezahegn Kebede, Fikadu Woldemariyam, Gebremedihin Tesfaye

“…Understanding the relationship between land use and land cover (LULC) change and wetland-based ecosystem services (WESs) is crucial for sustaining wetlands and maintaining hydrological connectivity in the Genale-Dawa River Basin (GDRB). …”
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Piper agroforestry in the Indian Himalayas: indigenous peoples’ practices, policies and incentives by Demsai Reang, Animekh Hazarika, Gudeta Weldesemayat Sileshi, Arun Jyoti Nath, Venkatesh Paramesh, W. Reshmi Singha, Ashesh Kumar Das

“…We recommend implementation of policies, market support structures, incentives and payment for ecosystem services so that indigenous communities can benefit from the global ecosystem services they provide.…”
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Multiple-Use Landscapes: Reclaimed Phosphate Mined Lands by M. Wilson, Edward A. Hanlon

“…Communities affected by mining activities need to have reclamation result in lands with high potential to provide sustainable economic opportunities while maintaining ecosystem services and ecological functions. This 8-page fact sheet provides a brief overview of the landscapes being created as a result of phosphate mining and reclamation activities in Florida. …”
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Multiple-Use Landscapes: Reclaimed Phosphate Mined Lands by M. Wilson, Edward A. Hanlon

“…Communities affected by mining activities need to have reclamation result in lands with high potential to provide sustainable economic opportunities while maintaining ecosystem services and ecological functions. This 8-page fact sheet provides a brief overview of the landscapes being created as a result of phosphate mining and reclamation activities in Florida. …”
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A Landowner’s Introduction to the Forest Carbon Market by Natalia Medina Irizarry, Michael Andreu, Tamara Cushing

“… In recent years, carbon programs have emerged that allow forest landowners to receive payment for the ecosystem services their forests provide. The primary service of interest is carbon sequestration because it has been deemed one of the solutions to climate change. …”
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Evaluation of Ecological Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Razavi Khorasan Province: Comparison of Integrated and Non-Integrated Ecosystems by Pegah Naghipour, Alireza Koocheki, Mahdi Nasiri mahalati, Soroor Khorramdel

“…The resilience of households in each group was evaluated based on 5 components (asset, adaptive capacity, biodiversity, intensification, and use of ecosystem services), each measured by a number of indicators. …”
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An Introduction to Some Common and Charismatic Florida Spiders by E. C. Powell, L. A. Taylor, Samm Wehman Epstein

“…While spiders are often feared, they are generally non-aggressive and provide essential ecosystem services, such as controlling pest insects in homes, gardens, and agricultural crops. …”
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Coloring with Spiders: Our Favorites from Florida by L. A. Taylor, Samm Wehman Epstein

“…While spiders are often feared, they are generally non-aggressive and provide essential ecosystem services, such as controlling pest insects in homes, gardens, and agricultural crops. …”
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Strong benefits of hedgerows to bats in three European winegrowing regions by Fernanda Chávez, Martin H. Entling, Rafael Alcalá Herrera, Emilio Benítez, Stefan Möth, Jo Marie Reiff, Silvia Winter, Verena Rösch

“…Abstract Bats provide important ecosystem services as natural predators of, for example, lepidopteran pests. …”
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Modeling future sediment retention service in the Bagh-e-Shadi Forest protected area using InVEST and the ACCESS-ESM1-5 climate model by Sharif Joorabian Shooshtari, Tahereh Ardakani, Hadise Beik Khormizi

“…Abstract Assessing the impact of climate change on water-related ecosystem services (ES) in Protected Areas (PAs) is essential for developing soil and water conservation strategies that promote sustainability and restore ES. …”
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The Costs of Managing an Urban Forest by Francisco Escobedo, Jennifer Seitz

“…Urban forests provide benefits to society often referred to as ecosystem services: they improve human health, environmental quality, and local economies by increasing property values and aesthetics in communities. …”
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Economic Contributions of the Forest Industry and Forest-based Recreation in Florida in 2016 by Christa Dean Court, Alan W Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani

“…In addition to industrial forest-related activity, public forestlands in Florida support a variety of recreational activities, attract a significant number of recreational visitors, and provide many non-marketed environmental or ecosystem services. This 4-page fact sheet written by Christa Dean Court, Alan W Hodges, and Mohammad Rahmani and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department describes a study that analyzed the economic contributions of the forest industry and forest-based recreation activities to the state of Florida in 2016. …”
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Low-maintenance subtropical green roofs. Spontaneous vegetation and substrate deph by Brenda Chaves Coelho Leite, Lucas Gobatti, Isabela Gamba Huttenlocher

“…In addition to providing a wide range of Ecosystem Services, such species can survive in environments altered by humans and withstand conditions adverse to them, such as water scarcity and shallow substrate. …”
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