Ecological risk assessment and response prediction caused by LUCC in the central Yunnan Province by Yongdong Zhang, Zisheng Yang, Renyi Yang, Fuhua Liu, Yimei He, Linlin Cao, Jinrong Yang, Jiayi Zhang

“…Therefore, this study takes the central Yunnan Province (CYP) as an example, and uses the Patch-Generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) model and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model to simulate the land use/land cover (LULC) in different scenarios in the future, calculate the ecosystem services (ESs) from 2000 to 2020 and the next 20 years, as well as ERs of various types of ESs caused by LUCC. …”
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Perennial flower strips in agricultural landscapes strongly promote earthworm populations by Anna Vaupel, Zita Bednar-Konski, Matías Olivera, Nadine Herwig, Bernd Hommel, Lukas Beule

“…Abstract The loss of soil biodiversity through agricultural intensification is a major contributor to the collapse of ecosystem services. Despite their wide application to promote biodiversity, the impact of flower strips on soil organisms is largely unknown. …”
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Exploring the spatiotemporal effects of urban scale and urban vitality on S&D balance in the Yangtze River Delta, China from 2015 to 2025 by Ke Wang, Qiuxiao Chen

“…Abstract Analysis of the spatiotemporal trends of urban scale and urban vitality on ecosystem services balance provides an essential basis for regional sustainable development. …”
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Evaluation and Changes in the Comprehensive Ecological Effects of Agriculture in Urbanizing Areas: A Case Study of the Xi'an Metropolitan Zone, China by Zhongxue Zhou, Fangze Zhao, Bingjie Song

“…The framework integrates research on ecosystem services, biodiversity, carbon emissions, pollution, and ecological stability. …”
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Animating the critical zone: beavers as critical zone engineers by Clifford Adamchak, Clifford Adamchak, Katherine B. Lininger, Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley, Eve-Lyn S. Hinckley

“…River corridors (RC) provide a disproportionate amount of ecosystem services. Over time, beaver activity, including submersion of woody vegetation, burrowing, dam building, and abandonment, can impact critical zone processes in the river corridor by influencing landscape evolution, biodiversity, geomorphology, hydrology, primary productivity, and biogeochemical cycling. …”
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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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Integrating territorial pattern changes into the relationship between carbon sequestration and water yield in the Yangtze River Basin, China by Zelin Liu, Xiaoting Yu, Cong Liu, Ziying Zou, Changhui Peng, Peng Li, Jiayi Tang, Haoyun Liu, Yihang Zhu, Chunbo Huang

“…It is significant to demonstrate the coordination relationships between the territorial space evolutions and ecosystem services for sustainable regional development. …”
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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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