Spatial relationships between ecosystem services and socioecological drivers across a large-scale region: A case study in the Yellow River Basin

2020 ◽  
pp. 142480
Author(s):  
Yushuo Zhang ◽  
Xiao Lu ◽  
Boyu Liu ◽  
Dianting Wu ◽  
Guo Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Spatial Relationships ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

scholarly journals Ecosystem Services Assessment, Trade-Off and Bundles in the Yellow River Basin, China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Yang ◽  
Baopeng Xie ◽  
Wenqian Tao
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Yellow River Basin ◽  
Functional Areas

Abstract Understanding ecosystem services (ESs) and their interactions will help to formulate effective and sustainable land use management programs.This paper evaluates the water yield (WY), soil conservation (SC), carbon storage (CS) and habitat quality (HQ), taking the Yellow River Basin as the research object, by adopting the InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade Offs) model. The Net Primary Productivity (NPP) was evaluated by CASA (Carnegie-Ames-Stanford approach) model, and the spatial distribution map of five ESs were drawn, the correlation and bivariate spatial correlation were used to analyze the trade-off synergy relationships between the five ESs and express them spatially. The results show that NPP and HQ, CS and WY are trade-offs relationship, and other ecosystem services are synergistic. The trade-off synergy shows obvious spatial heterogeneity. Driven by different factors, the leading ecological function services in the Yellow River Basin can be divided into three areas, and WY and SC service leading functional areas are mainly distributed in HQ and CS service leading functional areas and NPP service leading functional areas.The results of functional bundles are obviously affected by natural conditions such as land use/cover types and climate in the Yellow River Basin, which can provide the basis for the Yellow River Basin to regulate ESs and maximize benefits.

scholarly journals Assessment of Ecosystem Service Value and Its Differences in the Yellow River Basin and Yangtze River Basin

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3822
Author(s):  
Chunsheng Wu ◽  
Guoxia Ma ◽  
Weishan Yang ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Fei Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The Yangtze River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

The Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin are the two most important watersheds in China, which consist of several key ecological function areas and are crucial in terms of economic contributions. The evaluation of the ecosystem service value and the quantitative acquisition of the regional ecological quality status are necessary for supporting the ecological protection and high-quality development of the two basins. By considering basic data and adopting different ecological function models, this study was carried out to evaluate the value of ecosystem services in the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin from 2015 to 2018 in terms of provisioning services, regulating services, and cultural services. Additionally, analysis was conducted in combination with economic indicators. The results showed that there were great differences in the ecosystem patterns between the Yellow River Basin, where grassland accounted for 45% of land use, and the Yangtze River Basin, where forest accounted for 39% of land use. The values of the ecosystem services of the two basins had similar spatial distributions, with higher values upstream (west) followed by downstream (east) and lower values in the middle (central China). The total annual ecosystem value of the Yangtze River Basin was more than three times that of the Yellow River Basin. In addition, the ecosystem services value of most counties in both basins was higher than their GDP, and there was a positive trend of transforming ecological benefits into economic benefits in the Yangtze River Basin. This research provides a methodology for evaluating ecosystem valuation. The results are helpful for formulating and implementing eco-compensation and payments for ecosystem service policies among different regions in the basins, and the results lay a foundation for the spatial planning and high-quality development paths of key basin areas in China.

scholarly journals Ecosystem Services Assessment, Trade-Off, and Bundles in the Yellow River Basin, China

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 308
Author(s):  
Jie Yang ◽  
Baopeng Xie ◽  
Wenqian Tao ◽  
Degang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Land Use Management ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Yellow River Basin ◽  
Functional Areas

Understanding ecosystem services(ESs)and their interactions will help to formulate effective and sustainable land use management plans, and clarifying the balance and synergy between watershed ecosystem services can provide a basis for the regulation of the ecological environment in different regions of the watershed and the maximization of overall ecological benefits. This paper takes the Yellow River Basin as the research object and uses the Ecosystem Services and Trade Offs (InVEST)model to evaluate the water yield (WY), soil conservation (SC), carbon storage (CS) and habitat quality (HQ) of the Yellow River Basin. The paper adopts the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach (CASA)model to evaluate the net primary productivity (NPP), draws the spatial distribution map of the five ecosystems, analyzes the trade-off and synergy between the five ecosystems using correlation and binary spatial correlation, and expresses it in space. In addition, it adopts self-organizing mapping (SOM) method to identify ecosystem service clusters. The results show that: (1) ES is generally higher in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and lower in the middle reaches. (2) WY and NPP, HQ, CS and WY are trade-off relationships, and other ecosystem services are synergistic relationships. Trade-offs and synergy show obvious spatial heterogeneity. (3) The ecosystem services of the Yellow River Basin, driven by different factors, can be divided into three areas, namely WY and SC service leading functional areas, HQ and CS service leading functional areas, and NPP service leading functional areas. Finally, it discusses the driving factors of the spatial heterogeneity of the balance of the ecosystem service functions of the Yellow River Basin and the suggestions of land use management in the basin.

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