Characterizing changes in ecosystem service values in China's eastern Loess Plateau

作     者：JinChang Li HaiXia Liu ZhiZhu Su Yong Liu YongGang Yang 

作者机构：Institute of Loess PlateauShanxi University Historical Culture SchoolShanxi University 

出 版 物：《Research in Cold and Arid Regions》 (寒旱区科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第7卷第3期

页      面：272-281页

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学科分类：07[理学] 09[农学] 0903[农学-农业资源与环境] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：supported by the Open Fund Project of the Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KLDD-2014-001) the Important Specialized Science and Technology Item of Shanxi Province,China(No.20121101011) the Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41271513,41271030) 

主　　题：ecosystem service values land use changes ecological protection projects remote sensing Ningwu County 

摘      要：Human activities such as the implementation of ecological protection projects and expansion of construction land can cause complex land use changes that affect ecosystem service values （ESV）. In this study, we investigated changes in ESV in response to land use changes in Ningwu County, in eastern Loess Plateau of China. Our aim is to provide guidance for sustainable land use planning in this region. We used remote sensing to evaluate land use changes, and applied a fast, proxy-based method for evaluating ESVat three points in time： 1990, 2000, and 2010. More than 89% of the total ESV in Ningwu County was attributable to woodland and grassland. The ESV in western mountain areas show the greatest increase from 1990 to 2010, but ESV decreased the most in the low-elevation northeastern area of flat terrain These tradeoffs led to a slight net decrease （1.0%） in Ningwu County＇s total ESV. Although the decline in ESV was relatively low compared to the rate of economic growth, total ESV was much lower than global and national average levels at the end of the study period.