Journal articles: 'Mountain ecosystem services'

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Glushkova, Maria, Miglena Zhiyanski, Stoyan Nedkov, Rositsa Yaneva, and Lora Stoeva. "Ecosystem services from mountain forest ecosystems: conceptual framework, approach and challenges." Silva Balcanica 21, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 47–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/silvabalcanica.21.e54628.

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Mountain ecosystems play an essential role in sustainable mountain development, providing benefits and values to humanity not only for the rich biodiversity they contain, but also because of their important role in climate regulation, water cycle, provisioning of recreation, tourism, cultural or spiritual values. The high biodiversity of the mountain areas allow the provision of a wide range of ecosystem services. However, different impacts to the environment threaten the delivery of these services and, consequently, the quality of life of people, both living in the mountains and outside the mountains. Recognizing, demonstrating and capturing the value of ecosystem services can play an important role in setting policy directions for ecosystem management and conservation and, thus, in increasing the provision of ecosystem services and their contributions to human well-being. Quantifying and mapping of these benefits can also help managers and decision makers to realize the importance of these sites for conservation and to allow the proper understandings of the impacts of mountain forest ecosystems on territorial development and welfare of local populations. The paper aims to outline the relevance and applicability of the ecosystem services approach for the assessment of the condition of mountain ecosystems and the services, they provide, for better understanding by the scientific community and to support decision makers in sustainable management of mountain regions.

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Li, Guangzi, and Jun Cai. "Spatial and Temporal Differentiation of Mountain Ecosystem Service Trade-Offs and Synergies: A Case Study of Jieshi Mountain, China." Sustainability 14, no. 8 (April 13, 2022): 4652. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14084652.

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There are complex interactions among various services in mountain ecosystems, and the optimization of ecosystem spatial patterns based on the trade-offs and synergies of mountain ecosystem services can effectively improve the comprehensive benefits of a multi-ecosystem service. Jieshi Mountain is a typical historical and cultural mountain in China, and its social and economic development is at the average level in China. It is of great significance to explore the ecosystem services and mountain environmental factors in the trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services to promote the coordinated development of the man–land relationship. Based on an evaluation of ecosystem service value and comprehensive analysis of the spatial and temporal pattern of trade-offs and synergies in the Jieshi Mountain area from 1980 to 2020, the spatial differentiation of the trade-offs and synergies of four key ecosystem services—water yield, soil retention, carbon storage, and habitat quality—were identified. We found that carbon storage-soil retention and habitat quality-soil retention have a strong trade-off relationship, and the area accounts for a relatively high proportion. In terms of land-cover types, the frequency of the synergistic effect between woodland and cultivated land is higher. There are different correlations between ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies among mountain environmental factors, among which elevation has a higher influence on synergy. Identifying the trade-off and synergy relationship between ecosystem services helps in making decisions about different mountain landscape planning and management strategies.

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Chakraborty, Abhik. "Mountains as a Global Heritage: Arguments for Conserving the Natural Diversity of Mountain Regions." Heritage 3, no. 2 (April 12, 2020): 198–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage3020012.

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This concise review posits the urgent need for conserving the natural diversity of mountain environments by envisioning mountains as a global natural heritage. Mountains are recognized as cradles of biodiversity and for their important ecosystem services. Mountains also constitute the second most popular outdoor destination category at the global level after islands and beaches. However, in the current age of accelerating global environmental change, mountain systems face unprecedented change in their ecological characteristics, and consequent effects will extend to the millions who depend directly on ecosystem services from mountains. Moreover, growing tourism is putting fragile mountain ecosystems under increasing stress. This situation requires scientists and mountain area management stakeholders to come together in order to protect mountains as a global heritage. By underlining the salient natural diversity characteristics of mountains and their relevance for understanding global environmental change, this critical review argues that it is important to appreciate both biotic and abiotic diversity features of mountains in order to create a notion of mountains as a shared heritage for humanity. Accordingly, the development of soft infrastructure that can communicate the essence of mountain destinations and a committed network of scientists and tourism scholars working together at the global level are required for safeguarding this shared heritage.

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Cheng, Cuiyun, Shuping Zhang, Meichun Zhou, Yanchun Du, and Chazhong Ge. "Identifying important ecosystem service areas based on distributions of ecosystem services in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, China." PeerJ 10 (August 18, 2022): e13881. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13881.

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Water conservation, soil conservation, biodiversity importance, and sandstorm prevention are important ecosystem services (ES) and the core challenges to sustainable economic and societal development in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region. Using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model and observation data, we identified high-value ES areas in the BTH region. The high-value ES areas were mainly found in the northern and southwestern parts of the region, like the Yanshan Mountain Range and the Taihang Mountain Range. The ecosystem in the northern mountains is dominated by forest and grassland, and generally provides more valuable ES than does the eastern agricultural plain. Greater species richness was mainly found in the northern mountains with low human activity intensity. Due to its proximity, the Yanshan Mountain Range is critical to the health of the local ecosystem of Beijing. High biodiversity was present in the vicinity of the national nature reserves. Compared with other regions of China, changes in the BTH region are highly intense. Reinforcement of biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration in areas with a high degree of ES in the BTH region are capable of effectively improving habitat quality and regional ES.

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Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne, Sibyl Hanna Brunner, and Felix Kienast. "Mountain Ecosystem Services: Who Cares?" Mountain Research and Development 32, S1 (January 2012): S23—S34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/mrd-journal-d-10-00115.s1.

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Sitko, Roman, and Ľubomír Scheer. "Multi-objective land allocation for zoning of ecosystem services in mountain forests." Central European Forestry Journal 65, no. 3-4 (September 1, 2019): 233–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/forj-2019-0019.

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Abstract The paper proposes a system for zoning of mountain areas based on the level of provisioning of ecosystem services. Techniques of multi-objective land allocation were applied to allocate complementary and conflicting objectives. The zoning system consists of four phases: i) Identification of criteria for the evaluation of ecosystem services; ii) Quantification of criteria for three different forestland states; iii) Evaluation of potential and effect of the forest on providing the ecosystem services and iv) Zoning of ecosystem services with their prioritization and spatial allocation of support measures. The study was conducted in the Tatra Mountains (Slovakia). Erosion control, avalanche control, wood production and cultural services were evaluated. The greatest differences between potential and effect of the evaluated ecosystem services were identified for the avalanche control. A comparison of our results with the existing (control) map of ecosystem services has proved that the proposed system is a potent means for multi-objective forest planning.

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Chernykh, Dmitry V., Maria Glushkova, Dmitry K. Pershin, Miglena Zhiyanski, Alina E. Zinovieva, Dmitry V. Zolotov, Lilia F. Lubenets, and Roman Yu Biryukov. "Challenges of assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in Bulgarian (Rhodope) and Russian (Altai) mountain protected areas in the context of post-socialist transformations and new conservation paradigms." Silva Balcanica 22, no. 2 (October 20, 2021): 43–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/silvabalcanica.22.e69861.

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The overarching goal of this survey was to identify the challenges of ecosystem services assessment and mapping in Russian and Bulgarian mountain protected areas in the context of post-socialist transformations, new conservation paradigms and climate change. The Altai Mountains in Russia and the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria were selected as key mountain territories for comparison due to their similar characteristics: agriculture, forest exploitation, tourism activities, etc. Both in Bulgaria and in Russia, perceptions of the protected areas functioning have been changing, facilitated by global shifts. Thus, the concept of ecosystem services has now been actively introduced in nature and biodiversity conservation policies. Based on WDPA data the emergence of different types of protected areas in Russia and Bulgaria was determined. Key problems of assessment and mapping of ecosystem services in Russian and Bulgarian mountain protected areas were recognised, mainly related to the shortage and quality of baseline data. At the same time, there were also some specifics for the two countries due to their size and national legislation. Like many other mountainous regions in the world, the Rhodopes in Bulgaria and the Altai Mountains in Russia are flagships in the improvement of nature conservation strategies. These regions often participate in a variety of international conservation programmes and are constantly expanding the range of protected areas. It is generally accepted that the Altai Mountains and the Rhodopes are not only centres of biodiversity richness in their countries, but also hotspots of a variety of ecosystem services.

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Mazzocchi, Chiara, and Guido Sali. "Tourists’ Perception of Ecosystem Services Provided by Mountain Agriculture." Sustainability 14, no. 19 (September 26, 2022): 12171. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141912171.

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Ecosystem services (ESs) can be defined as the values and benefits provided by ecosystems for human well-being. The main characteristic of ESs is that they benefit people. Agriculture is an important provider of ESs for society, culture, the environment and the economy. In mountain areas, agriculture embodies different functions. This work assesses the value of ESs provided by mountain farms according to mountain tourists’ opinions, using a Choice Experiments (CEs) approach and quantitative surveys. CEs allow multiple scenarios with different attributes associated with monetary values that respondents had to choose. The sample comprised 840 mountain tourists, interviewed through an online survey in April 2020. The main results show that the ESs provided by agriculture and preferred by tourists are the maintenance of pastures and grazing, which are considered to shape the mountain landscape and provide for cultural and environmental ESs. Moreover, biodiversity conservation is another one of the most appreciated attributes, being fundamental for protecting the environment. A noticeable result is the importance associated with the ES provided by agriculture related to the regulation of hydrogeological assets, meaning that the awareness of the hydrogeological instability of mountain slopes is widespread and that tourists are sensitive to this topic.

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Ali, Fayaz, Nasrullah Khan, and Oimahmad Rahmonov. "Ecosystem Services and Linkages of Naturally Managed Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A. DC. Forests with Local Communities across Contiguous Mountainous Ranges in Pakistan." Biology 11, no. 10 (October 7, 2022): 1469. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11101469.

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The local community of the Suleiman and Hindukush mountain systems in Pakistan has largely depended on the natural resources of the environment since ancient times. The ecosystem of these regions is under huge pressure due to a lack of awareness and the uncontrolled interference of communal, commercial, security, political, and ecological conditions. The present study was designed to illuminate the link between mountain society and the consumption of the benefits from Monotheca phytocoenoses using the ecosystem services concept from the sphere of the socio-ecological system to cultural relations. The use of this approach is very important due to the visible role and dominant status of Monotheca vegetation within the ecological system of the region. M. buxifolia is strongly connected with both local and cultural traditions and is counted as a key species, particularly for high-mountain inhabitants. We report that Monotheca phytocoenoses provide several services including shelter, food, fodder, medicines, and wood, etc., to the indigenous community and is highly valued in the local culture because of the poor economic condition of the society. The concept of this cultural keystone species is crucial for understanding ecosystem services and must be considered for the protection and conservation of these habitats. The results of field and social studies have shown that the stable maintenance of Monotheca phytocoenosis forests ensures the existence of key species as the most important providers of ecosystem services, e.g., provisioning, regulation, maintenance and cultural services, indicating the close relations between society and the protection of mountain areas. According to the results obtained, the mountains community of the studied area believes that tree species like M. buxifolia, F. palmata, O. ferruginea, P. granatum, A. modesta, J. regia, etc., are the key components contributing to the function of both the mountain ecosystem and communities’ well-being. This approach will be extremely useful for ensuring an inclusive management of the socio-ecological system of the Hindukush and Suleiman Mountain ranges of Pakistan.

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Zhao, Xiao Fan, Chao Zhang, Li Min Dai, Dong Ben Lian, Ning Wang, Da Pao Yu, Li Zhou, and Wang Ming Zhou. "Variation in Ecosystem Services Value in a Typical Mountain Town, Liaohe Watershed, China." Advanced Materials Research 356-360 (October 2011): 808–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.356-360.808.

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This study investigated variation in ecosystem services value in response to land use change in Nanfen District of Benxi City, a typical mountain town in Liaohe watershed, China. We used two Landsat TM data sets (1995, 2006) to estimate changes in the size of seven land use categories, and we used the most recently published value equivalent to estimate changes in the values of ecosystem services. The total value of ecosystem services in Nanfen District was 1294.1 million Yuan in 1995 and 1293.49 million Yuan in 2006, with a decrease of 568.3 thousand Yuan mainly due to the declining areas of cropland, water body and wetland. We concluded that future local land use plan should give priority to the conservation of these ecosystems, in order to promote and maintain the balance of local ecosystem.

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Huber, Robert, Ariane Walz, and Andreas Rigling. "Nachhaltige Land- und Forstwirtschaft im Berggebiet: das Forschungsprojekt «Mountland»." Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen 163, no. 12 (December 1, 2012): 464–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3188/szf.2012.0464.

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Sustainable agriculture and forestry in mountain regions: the “Mountland” project Future climate and land-use changes are key challenges to maintain forest ecosystem goods and services especially in mountain regions. In this context, the goal of the “Mountland” project was to investigate the sensitivity of the provision of mountain ecosystem services to both climatic and land-use changes, and to suggest policies and governance structures for mitigating the impact of such changes and enhancing sustainable management practices in mountain regions. An integrative approach was applied in the project, combining methods from economics and the political and natural sciences. This introductory article of the present special issue illustrates the conceptual framework, presents the case study regions and the overall research questions of the project. This forms the basis for the five articles of this special issue which summarize the research with respect to forest ecosystems and policy.

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Stritih, Ana, Peter Bebi, Christian Rossi, and Adrienne Grêt-Regamey. "Addressing disturbance risk to mountain forest ecosystem services." Journal of Environmental Management 296 (October 2021): 113188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113188.

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WU, Gang. "Forest ecosystem services of Changbai Mountain in China." Science in China Series C 45, no. 1 (2002): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1360/02yc9003.

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Walz, Ariane, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, and Sandra Lavorel. "Social valuation of ecosystem services in mountain regions." Regional Environmental Change 16, no. 7 (September 15, 2016): 1985–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-1028-x.

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Wang, Ranghui, Qing Peng, Weidong Zhang, Wenfei Zhao, Chunwei Liu, and Limin Zhou. "Ecohydrological Service Characteristics of Qilian Mountain Ecosystem in the Next 30 Years Based on Scenario Simulation." Sustainability 14, no. 3 (February 5, 2022): 1819. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14031819.

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Mountain ecosystems have special ecohydrological services, and the study of water conservation and soil conservation services in the Qilian Mountain Ecosystem (QLME) in China has important theoretical value for scientific understanding of the ecological processes and mechanisms of mountain ecosystems. In this study, we quantitatively estimated the spatial-temporal changes of water conservation and soil conservation services in the QLME based on the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model and estimated the future ecosystem services (ESS) of the QLME under RCP4.5 (Representative Concentration Pathways) and RCP8.5 scenarios using the coupled Geosos-FLUS model. Firstly, the QLME ecohydrological service increased from 1985 to 2018, and its spatial heterogeneity was high in the east and low in the west. Among them, water conservation first decreased and then showed a trend of fluctuating increase, and soil conservation services decreased sharply from 2010 to 2015. Secondly, there are differences in the ecohydrological services of the QLME under different land-use types. The water conservation capacity in descending order is glacier snow, grassland, forest land, wetland, and cultivated land. The soil conservation intensity from strong to weak is woodland, grassland, arable land, glacier snow, and bare land. Thirdly, under different scenarios, QLME water conservation and soil conservation functions will increase to varying degrees over the next 30 years. The water conservation in the RCP4.5 scenario is higher than that in the RCP8.5 scenario, and the higher discharge scenario will lead to the decline of the water conservation service function. The increased rate of soil conservation was greater under the RCP8.5 scenario. With the development of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and scenarios below 2 °C, the future of QLME ecohydrological services will be further understood.

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Purnamasari, Umi. "Mountain Ecosystem Assessment based on Ecosystem Services and Human Activities: A Case in Upper Part of Bogowonto Watershed, Indonesia." SIJ Transactions on Advances in Space Research & Earth Exploration 3, no. 1 (February 13, 2015): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.9756/sijasree/v3i1/03020020102.

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Makovníková, Jarmila, Stanislav Kološta, Filip Flaška, and Boris Pálka. "Potential of Regulating Ecosystem Services in Relation to Natural Capital in Model Regions of Slovakia." Sustainability 15, no. 2 (January 6, 2023): 1076. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15021076.

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The growing demands of satisfying human well-being call for a sustainable way of managing the landscape, which requires the introduction of tools for evaluating and assessing ecosystem services. The aim of the study is to evaluate regional differentiations in the values of regulating ecosystem services in relation to natural potential in four small pilot regions of the Slovak Republic with the application of the modified matrix approach. The results in the pilot regions of the Slovak Republic indicated that the spatial distribution of individual ecosystems in the country, in combination with a higher altitude and a larger area of forests and protected areas, can represent significant factors influencing the potential of the territory to provide benefits resulting from regulating ecosystem services. Mountain areas generally have a higher capacity to provide regulating ecosystem services, mainly due to their rich forest vegetation. Regulating ecosystem services, to the greatest extent, reflects the multifunctionality of the territory.

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Pu, Lili, Chengpeng Lu, Xuedi Yang, and Xingpeng Chen. "Spatio-Temporal Variation of the Ecosystem Service Value in Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu Area) Based on Land Use." Land 12, no. 1 (January 7, 2023): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land12010201.

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The value of ecosystem services and service capabilities continue to improve, and the way to form a path of resource industrialization development has become one of the important directions of sustainable development. This paper mainly takes the construction of national parks as a major opportunity and explores the temporal and spatial changes in the value of ecosystem services in Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu area) and the construction path of the industrial system of national park construction. The total value of ecosystem services was calculated using a comprehensive index of the degree of land use, land contribution rate, ecological service value, equivalent factor of economic value, and the improved value coefficient of farmland ecological services, and then the Sensitivity index was used to reveal the dependence of the value of ecosystem services on the value index over time. The results showed the following: (1) Human disturbance factors in Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu area) are weak, and the land use of Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu Area) was mainly grassland, followed by unused land, forest land, and glacial snow, with the change in glacial snow cover being the largest. (2) The ecosystem of Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu area) is strong, and the contribution rate of forest land, construction land, unused land, and glacial snow cover in Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu Area) was positive, while cultivated land, grassland, and water area were negative. Among them, glacial snow cover contributed the most at 10.4723 the ecological barrier function plays a stable role. (3) The ecosystem service value (ESV) in Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu Area) showed a fluctuating growth trend on the whole, showing the characteristics of high northwest and low southeast, among which the total value of grassland was the largest, the value of unused land was the smallest with the largest increase range, and the increase in water area was the smallest. (4) Qilian Mountain National Park (Gansu Area) is mainly based on regulated services, followed by support services, supply services, and cultural services, all showing a clear growth trend, increasing by 181.77%, 183.90%, 196.19%, and 170.38%, respectively. With the development of low-carbon economy and circular economy as the main idea, we aim to build a national park industrialization development path of direct product supply, indirect product supply, and basic guarantee.

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Liu, Wenhao, Zengru Wang, Ren Li, and Tonghua Wu. "A bibliometric analysis of mountain ecosystem services, 2000–2019." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29, no. 11 (October 15, 2021): 16633–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16766-2.

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Vannier, Clémence, Rémy Lasseur, Emilie Crouzat, Coline Byczek, Valentine Lafond, Thomas Cordonnier, Pierre-Yves Longaretti, and Sandra Lavorel. "Mapping ecosystem services bundles in a heterogeneous mountain region." Ecosystems and People 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 74–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2019.1570971.

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Carvalho-Santos, Claudia, António Monteiro, Salvador Arenas-Castro, Felix Greifeneder, Bruno Marcos, Ana Portela, and João Honrado. "Ecosystem Services in a Protected Mountain Range of Portugal: Satellite-Based Products for State and Trend Analysis." Remote Sensing 10, no. 10 (October 1, 2018): 1573. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs10101573.

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Mountains are facing strong environmental pressures, which may jeopardize the supply of various ecosystem services. For sustainable land management, ecosystem services and their supporting functions should thus be evaluated and monitored. Satellite products have been receiving growing attention for monitoring ecosystem functioning, mainly due to their increasing temporal and spatial resolutions. Here, we aim to illustrate the high potential of satellite products, combined with ancillary in situ and statistical data, to monitor the current state and trend of ecosystem services in the Peneda-Gerês National Park, a protected mountain range in Portugal located in a transition climatic zone (Atlantic to Mediterranean). We focused on three ecosystem services belonging to three broad categories: provisioning (reared animals), regulating (of water flows), and cultural (conservation of an endemic and iconic species). These services were evaluated using a set of different satellite products, namely grassland cover, soil moisture, and ecosystem functional attributes. In situ and statistical data were also used to compute final indicators of ecosystem services. We found a decline in the provision of reared animals since year 2000, although the area of grasslands had remained stable. The regulation of water flows had been maintained, and a strong relationship with interannual precipitation pattern was noted. In the same period, conservation of the focal iconic species might have been affected by interannual fluctuations of suitable habitat areas, with a possible influence of wildfires and precipitation. We conclude that satellite products can efficiently provide information about the current state and trend in the supply of various categories of ecosystem services, especially when combined with in situ or statistical data in robust modeling frameworks.

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Molina Benavides, Raúl Andrés, Rómulo Campos Gaona, Hugo Sánchez Guerrero, Leonidas Giraldo Patiño, and Alberto Stanislao Atzori. "Sustainable Feedbacks of Colombian Paramos Involving Livestock, Agricultural Activities, and Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030." Systems 7, no. 4 (November 28, 2019): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/systems7040052.

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Colombian mountain Páramos are considered natural areas with a very important role for human life. Páramos provide, both in mountain and lowland areas, a multitude of ecosystem services which start from vegetation to soil sustainability. The sustainability of Páramos is however impaired by several anthropogenic activities, including agricultural and livestock practices. A system thinking approach was applied in this work to improve the systemic understanding of factors affecting sustainability and resilience of Páramos agro-ecosystems. Interdisciplinary literature evidences were summarized and conceptually analyzed in order to develop causal loop diagrams of Páramo system structures allowing describing the main feedback loops involving (involved in/connecting) the Páramo ecosystem and driving its sustainability. From the causal diagram analysis few insights to maintain the human presence in Páramos arose. The system analysis highlights that human presence in Páramos should be stimulated, avoiding agriculture and livestock activities as the main income source. Particularly, social interactions, education on the Páramos environmental and relevance of agricultural practices to foster ecosystem services and multiple rentable economic activities should be enhanced. The study also includes the role of the government in providing the Páramo inhabitants with payments for ecosystem services and environmental education aimed to boost sustainability. Sustainable Páramo management will apply specific leverages on the system to reach Sustainable Development Goals 6 (water), 8 (economic growth, employment and work), 13 (climate change), and 15 (sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems) of the Agenda 2030.

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Narykova, A. N., and A. S. Plotnikova. "MAPPING OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH." FOREST SCIENCE ISSUES 5, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.31509/2658-607x-202252-110.

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The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has aroused interest among researchers around the world with the growing anthropogenic pressure on natural ecosystems. The meaning of the concept is taking into consideration the ecosystem functions during making decisions and ensuring sustainable development. Mapping of ES is crucial for territorial representation of ecosystem services, spatial analysis, dynamic changes detection, relationships between ecosystem elements, etc. The goal of the study is to review global scientific literature of mapping ecosystem services at the local level. The paper describes the aims, input datasets, types of mapping, and methods of 19 scientific publications. A summary contains a brief description of the initial data and the methods used. Cartographic material has been prepared to show the research geography on a world map. The most popular groups of ecosystem services for scholars have been identified. More than 39% of the mapped ES belong to the regulating services. Global land cover and land use maps are often used as input data for modeling and mapping. Regression models and software-based models (InVEST, KINEROS, etc) are more frequent among the methods for the ES assessment and mapping. Specially protected natural areas, as well as vulnerable mountain, river, and coastal ecosystems are primary objects of research. The study of ES in Russia is also confined to protected areas. Mapping of ecosystem functions and services of local objects is mostly developed in European countries.

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Pătru-Stupariu, Ileana, Constantina Alina Hossu, Simona Raluca Grădinaru, Andreea Nita, Mihai-Sorin Stupariu, Alina Huzui-Stoiculescu, and Athanasios-Alexandru Gavrilidis. "A Review of Changes in Mountain Land Use and Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Practice." Land 9, no. 9 (September 22, 2020): 336. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9090336.

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Global changes impact the human-environment relationship, and, in particular, they affect the provision of ecosystem services. Mountain ecosystems provide a wide range of such services, but they are highly sensitive and vulnerable to change due to various human pressures and natural processes. We conducted a literature survey that focused on two main issues. The first was the identification of quantitative methods aimed at assessing the impact of land use changes in mountain regions and the related ecosystem services. The second was the analysis of the extent to which the outcomes of these assessments are useful and transferable to stakeholders. We selected papers through a keyword-driven search of the ISI Web of Knowledge and other international databases. The keywords used for the search were mountain land use change and ecosystem service. Quantitative approaches to ecosystem service assessment rely on suitable indicators, therefore land use/land cover can be used as an appropriate proxy. Landscape metrics are a powerful analytical tool; their use can increase the accuracy of assessments and facilitate the mitigation of specific phenomena, such as fragmentation or the reduction of core habitat areas. Mapping is essential: it is the basis for spatial analyzes and eases the interactions between stakeholders. Land use/land cover change is a temporal process, so both past and future approaches are meaningful. It is necessary to enhance information transfer from theory to practice. Increasing stakeholder awareness can lead to suitable management solutions, and, reciprocally, stakeholder feedback can help improve current assessment methodologies and contribute to developing new tools that are suitable for specific problems.

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García-Díez, Víctor, Marina García-Llorente, and José A. González. "Participatory Mapping of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Madrid: Insights for Landscape Planning." Land 9, no. 8 (July 25, 2020): 244. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9080244.

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Cultural ecosystem services are gaining increasing attention in the scientific literature, despite the conceptual and methodological difficulties associated with their assessment. We used a participatory GIS method to map and assess three cultural ecosystem services, namely, (a) outdoor recreation, (b) aesthetic enjoyment, and (c) sense of place, in the Madrid region (Spain). The main goal of the study was to identify cultural ecosystem service hotspots in the region and to explore the relationships among the three ecosystem services mapped. We developed a Maptionnaire online questionnaire asking participants to locate places that they associate with these three ecosystem services and their main reasons for choosing those places on a map. We collected 580 complete questionnaires with 1710 location points (807 for outdoor recreation, 506 for aesthetic enjoyment and 397 for sense of place). We found that the three ecosystem services analysed were spatially correlated, with similar hotspots appearing across the region. Most of the identified hotspots were located in the northern part of the region, which is characterised by mountains and forests. Other hotspots appeared within the city of Madrid, highlighting the importance of urban green areas. Natural protected areas supplied significantly more cultural ecosystem services than non-protected areas. Among CORINE land-use types, forested areas, mountain shrubs and rocky landscapes were more relevant than arable lands for the supply of cultural ecosystem services. Our results highlight the utmost importance of including ecosystem services mapping within land-use planning and policy-making agendas to ensure the conservation of areas supplying cultural services that are critical for societal wellbeing.

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Gao, Jie, Xuguang Tang, Shiqiu Lin, and Hongyan Bian. "The Influence of Land Use Change on Key Ecosystem Services and Their Relationships in a Mountain Region from Past to Future (1995–2050)." Forests 12, no. 5 (May 13, 2021): 616. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12050616.

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The ecosystem services (ESs) provided by mountain regions can bring about benefits to people living in and around the mountains. Ecosystems in mountain areas are fragile and sensitive to anthropogenic disturbance. Understanding the effect of land use change on ESs and their relationships can lead to sustainable land use management in mountain regions with complex topography. Chongqing, as a typical mountain region, was selected as the site of this research. The long-term impacts of land use change on four key ESs (i.e., water yield (WY), soil conservation (SC), carbon storage (CS), and habitat quality (HQ)) and their relationships were assessed from the past to the future (at five-year intervals, 1995–2050). Three future scenarios were constructed to represent the ecological restoration policy and different socioeconomic developments. From 1995 to 2015, WY and SC experienced overall increases. CS and HQ increased slightly at first and then decreased significantly. A scenario analysis suggested that, if the urban area continues to increase at low altitudes, by 2050, CS and HQ are predicted to decrease moderately. However, great improvements in SC, HQ, and CS are expected to be achieved by the middle of the century if the government continues to make efforts towards vegetation restoration on the steep slopes.

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Sears, Robin, Kinley Choden, Tshewang Dorji, Dorji Dukpa, Sonam Phuntsho, Prem Rai, Jigme Wangchuk, and Himlal Baral. "Bhutan’s Forests through the Framework of Ecosystem Services: Rapid Assessment in Three Forest Types." Forests 9, no. 11 (October 27, 2018): 675. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f9110675.

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Forests in mountain ecosystems provide a diversity of services and goods in mountain landscapes, and the immediate utility of the forest to upstream residents must be balanced with the insurance forests provide for downstream residents in the form of, especially, the services of water regulation and soil stabilization. Little empirical data exist for Bhutan that confirm a causal link between upstream forest use and downstream security. To help to fill this gap, we summarize the results of two literature reviews related to forest ecosystem services and human well-being, using the framework of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH). We report preliminary findings of three field-based assessments of forest ecosystem services on hillsides. We conducted an assessment of the perceptions of local residents about the forest ecosystem services in three distinct forest areas of Bhutan. The studies were carried out in high-altitude oak forests, forest management units (FMUs) in government reserve forests, and community plantations. We engaged villagers in focus group discussions and conducted key informant interviews. The strongest evidence in the literature for linkages between forests and GNH was found for the role forests play in socio-economic development and good governance, particularly through the community forestry program. Regulating services of forests were cited as crucial to several aspects of human well-being, but little empirical evidence was provided. To local residents in the three study locations, the provisioning services of forests were highly ranked, as were water regulating services. At the plantation sites, residents felt that the new forests did improve soil stability and water provisioning services. Cultural services were identified but not highly prioritized. Awareness of forest ecosystem services was high among participants in the study, but understanding of the causal links between forest use and human well-being was mixed. Lack of direct evidence about causal pathways between upstream forest condition and downstream security leaves gaps in our knowledge and even perpetuates myths and misconceptions about the role that forests play. We encourage further research at multiple scales and using mixed methods to test hypotheses on the linkages between forests and human well-being in mountain landscapes.

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Adhikari, Shankar, Himlal Baral, Vishwas Sudhir Chitale, and Craig Nitschke. "Perceived Changes in Ecosystem Services in the Panchase Mountain Ecological Region, Nepal." Resources 8, no. 1 (December 29, 2018): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources8010004.

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Ecosystem services (ES) are increasingly recognized as a means to facilitate adaption to environmental change. However, the provisions of ES are likely to be impacted by changes in climate and/or changes in land use. In developing countries, where people are typically dependent on these services for their livelihoods, these impacts are of concern; however, very little is known about the changes in provisioning of ES over time. In this study, we assess the perceived changes on ES in the Panchase Mountain Ecological Region of western Nepal. The study area accommodates three distinct ecoregions, ranging from lowland to upland ecosystems and communities. Focus group discussions and key informant interviews were used to collect information on how ES may have changed in the landscape over time. This approach was supported by transect walks, field observations, and secondary sources of information, such as climatic and remote sensing data. Perceived changes on ES in the study region include reduced availability of water, reduced food production, degradation of forest ecosystems, and changes in species compositions. These changes are thought to have impacted other ES, and, in turn, local livelihoods. Management actions that can help local communities foster ES are recommended.

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Ignatyeva, Margarita, Vera Yurak, and Oksana Logvinenko. "A New Look at the Natural Capital Concept: Approaches, Structure, and Evaluation Procedure." Sustainability 12, no. 21 (November 6, 2020): 9236. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12219236.

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This article considers the concept of natural capital as a basic construct of sustainable development. However, after numerous studies, a number of aspects of accounting and valuation of natural capital remain unspecified. The relevance and imperfection of the guidelines used to assess natural capital make relevant the development of such issues as the conceptual apparatus and methods to natural capital assessment. Therefore, the core objectives of the paper are: (1) to substantiate the structure of natural capital, taking into account the natural resources and ecosystem approaches; (2) to clarify the concepts of “function” and “services” in relation to abiotic and biotic components of the environment; (3) to generalize and analyze the classifications of ecosystem services, and to develop the authors’ classification; (4) to identify the most common methods for the economic assessment of natural capital’s components, and to implement these methods within a specific territory. These methods have been tested on the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug (KhMAD, Russia). The most typical ecosystems of the region and their inherent ecosystem services have been identified. Assessment results are presented for (1) forest ecosystems, (2) mountain ecosystems, and (3) ecosystems of swamps, lakes, and rivers.

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Schirpke, Uta, Genxu Wang, and Emilio Padoa-Schioppa. "Editorial: Mountain landscapes: Protected areas, ecosystem services, and future challenges." Ecosystem Services 49 (June 2021): 101302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101302.

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Schirpke, Uta, Florian Timmermann, Ulrike Tappeiner, and Erich Tasser. "Cultural ecosystem services of mountain regions: Modelling the aesthetic value." Ecological Indicators 69 (October 2016): 78–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.001.

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Haida, Christin, Johannes Rüdisser, and Ulrike Tappeiner. "Ecosystem services in mountain regions: experts’ perceptions and research intensity." Regional Environmental Change 16, no. 7 (February 5, 2015): 1989–2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0759-4.

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Mina, Marco, Harald Bugmann, Thomas Cordonnier, Florian Irauschek, Matija Klopcic, Marta Pardos, and Maxime Cailleret. "Future ecosystem services from European mountain forests under climate change." Journal of Applied Ecology 54, no. 2 (September 22, 2016): 389–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12772.

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Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne, and Bettina Weibel. "Global assessment of mountain ecosystem services using earth observation data." Ecosystem Services 46 (December 2020): 101213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101213.

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Luque, Sandra. "Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador." Mountain Research and Development 34, no. 3 (August 1, 2014): 303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/mrd.mm142.

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Canavan, Kim, Susan Canavan, Vincent Ralph Clark, Onalenna Gwate, David Mark Richardson, Guy Frederick Sutton, and Grant Douglas Martin. "The Alien Plants That Threaten South Africa’s Mountain Ecosystems." Land 10, no. 12 (December 16, 2021): 1393. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10121393.

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The six major mountain ranges in South Africa support critically important ecosystem services—notably water production—and are rich in biodiversity and endemism. These mountains are threatened by detrimental land uses, unsustainable use of natural resources, climate change, and invasive alien plants. Invasive alien plants pose substantial and rapidly increasing problems in mountainous areas worldwide. However, little is known about the extent of plant invasions in the mountains of South Africa. This study assessed the status of alien plants in South African mountains by determining sampling efforts, species compositions and abundances across the six ranges in lower-and higher-elevation areas. Species occurrence records were obtained from three databases that used various approaches (roadside surveys, citizen science observations, focused botanical surveys). Most mountain ranges were found to be undersampled, and species composition assessments were only possible for two ranges. The majority of abundant alien plants in both the lower- and higher-elevation areas were species with broad ecological tolerances and characterised by long distance seed dispersal. These prevalent species were mostly woody plants—particularly tree species in the genera Acacia, Pinus, and Prosopis—that are contributing to the trend of woody plant encroachment across South African mountains. We suggest improved mountain-specific surveys to create a database which could be used to develop management strategies appropriate for each mountain range.

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Schirpke, Uta, Manuel Ebner, Hanna Pritsch, Veronika Fontana, and Rainer Kurmayer. "Quantifying Ecosystem Services of High Mountain Lakes across Different Socio-Ecological Contexts." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 27, 2021): 6051. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116051.

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Mountain lakes are highly sensitive to global change, requiring sustainable management strategies that support crucial ecosystem services (ES). However, small mountain lakes are rarely in the focus of ES assessments, and indicators are potentially lacking. Therefore, this study aimed at comprehensively assessing key ES of 15 study lakes located in two regions in the European Alps. We involved local stakeholders and experts to identify important ES. We quantified eight ES in non-monetary terms, using 29 indicators based on limnological, spatial and socio-economic data. Finally, we evaluated ES in relation to the socio-ecological context of the study lakes. The most important ES included surface water for non-drinking purposes, maintaining populations and habitats, outdoor recreation, aesthetic value, entertainment and representation, scientific research, education as well as existence, option, or bequest value. Quantitative results indicate varying levels of ES across the study lakes. Based on 12 different socio-ecological variables, we identified four groups of lakes differing also in five ES. Maintaining populations and habitats, aesthetic value as well as existence, option or bequest value were rather independent from the socio-ecological context. Our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of ES of mountain lakes, also supporting the development of sustainable management strategies in mountain regions.

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Sarvašová, Z., and Z. Dobšinská. "Provision of ecosystem services in mountain forests – case study of experts’ and stakeholders’ perceptions from Slovakia." Journal of Forest Science 62, No. 8 (August 31, 2016): 380–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/48/2016-jfs.

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Yang, Hui, Jiansheng Cao, and Xianglong Hou. "Study on the Evaluation and Assessment of Ecosystem Service Spatial Differentiation at Different Scales in Mountainous Areas around the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region, China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 2 (January 16, 2023): 1639. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021639.

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Ecosystem services are closely related to human wellbeing—which refers to the basic material conditions required to maintain high standards of quality of life, of health, and of safety and security, as well as good social relationships, and freedom of choice and action—and have a high potential value. The adequate valuation of ecosystem service values (ESV) is now an urgent need for the implementation of policy measures such as ecosystem asset management, ecological compensation and paid use of ecosystem services. Based on the method of ecosystem value equivalent factor per unit area, in this paper we investigated the variability of total ESV spatial distribution and regional differences in the value of 11 ecosystem service types provided by ecosystems in the mountainous areas of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region at different spatial scales and discussed the relationship between ESV and land use land cover (LULC). The results show that the total ESVs in 2015 and 2020 in the mountainous areas of BTH region were 5671 × 108 CNY and 6381 × 108 CNY, respectively. The change trend of each ecosystem service value from 2015 to 2020 was dominated by an increase of water supply service, and the maintenance of soil and nutrient cycle services in the mountainous area of BTH and the Yanshan Mountain (YSM). The change patterns of the value of ecosystem service categories in the Taihang Moutain (THM) and Bashang region (BSR) are dominated by an increase in the value of maintained soil and water supply services and a decrease in the value of regulating services. The calculation of ESV can be made more accurate by considering climate and vegetation conditions at the region, ecosystem, county or township scales rather than at grid scale, as, for calculating the interannual variation of total ESV, the spatial scale variability is large. The assessment of ESVs is important from the point of view of planning the use of the environment, of spatial planning, and of nature conservation. The ecosystem service of woodland and water bodies are more prominent compared with other land-use types and construction land and bare land provide the lowest value of service. There is some similarity between the value changes of ecosystem service categories and the distribution of LULC types. This study strengthens the understanding of the spatial scales of different ESV in mountain areas, which is beneficial to ecosystem management policies.

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Quenta-Herrera, Estefania, Verónica Crespo-Pérez, Bryan G. Mark, Ana Lía Gonzales, and Aino Kulonen. "Mountain freshwater ecosystems and protected areas in the tropical Andes: insights and gaps for climate change adaptation." Environmental Conservation 49, no. 1 (December 2, 2021): 17–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892921000382.

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SummaryAlthough protected areas (PAs) play an important role in ecosystem conservation and climate change adaptation, no systematic information is available on PA protection of high-elevation freshwater ecosystems (e.g., lakes and watersheds with glaciers), their biodiversity and their ecosystem services in the tropical Andes. We therefore combined a literature review and map analysis of PAs of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and national systems of PAs and freshwater ecosystems. We found that seven national parks were created for water resources protection but were not designed for freshwater conservation (i.e., larger watersheds). High-value biodiversity sites have not been protected, and new local PAs were created due to water resource needs. We quantified 31 Ramsar sites and observed that PAs cover 12% of lakes, 31% of glacial lakes and 12% of the total stream length in the tropical Andes. Additionally, 120 watersheds (average area 631 km2) with glaciers and 40% of the total glacier surface area were covered by PAs. Future research into the role of PAs in ecosystem services provision and more detailed freshwater inventories within and around PAs, especially for those dependent on glacier runoff, will fill key knowledge gaps for freshwater conservation and climate change adaptation in the tropical Andes.

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Symons, C. C., and J. B. Shurin. "Climate constrains lake community and ecosystem responses to introduced predators." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283, no. 1832 (June 15, 2016): 20160825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.0825.

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Human activities have resulted in rising temperatures and the introduction or extirpation of top predators worldwide. Both processes generate cascading impacts throughout food webs and can jeopardize important ecosystem services. We examined the impact of fish stocking on communities and ecosystems in California mountain lakes across an elevation (temperature and dissolved organic carbon) gradient to determine how trophic cascades and ecosystem function vary with climate. Here, we show that the impact of fish on the pelagic consumer-to-producer biomass ratio strengthened at low elevation, while invertebrate community composition and benthic ecosystem rates (periphyton production and litter decomposition) were most influenced by predators at high elevation. A warming climate may therefore alter the stability of lake ecosystems by shifting the strength of top-down control by introduced predators over food web structure and function.

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Yudistiro, Eko Kusratmoko, and Jarot Mulyo Semedi. "Water Availability In Patuha Mountain Region Using InVEST Model “Hydropower Water Yield”." E3S Web of Conferences 125 (2019): 01015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201912501015.

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The mountainous region provides ecosystem services for the surrounding area and its lowland area. Patuha Mountain Region located in Ciwidey, Rancabali and Pasirjambu district of Bandung Regency. Fast population growth causing the need for water to increase drastically. The water yield from an ecosystem or watershed can be estimated using a hydrological model. This study aimed to estimate water yield, both the magnitude and their spatial distribution of the Patuha Mountain catchment areas. The water yield from the study area was calculated using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) water yield model, which based on the water balance approach. The results indicated that the volume of water yield in Patuha Mountain for 2018 has a value between 21.429 to 31.857 m3/ha/year and approximately 1.202 million m3 per year. Spatially, sub-watersheds with a high volume of Water yield located in the southeast of Patuha Mountain, which is a mountainous area with an elevation of more than 1.500 m above sea level and rainfall average of 2.500 to 3300 mm per year. The water yield area also shows the same pattern with the distribution of the rainfall area.

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Lopa, Dosteus, Iddi Mwanyoka, George Jambiya, Thabit Massoud, Paul Harrison, Mark Ellis-Jones, Tom Blomley, Beria Leimona, Meine van Noordwijk, and Neil D. Burgess. "Towards operational payments for water ecosystem services in Tanzania: a case study from the Uluguru Mountains." Oryx 46, no. 1 (January 2012): 34–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605311001335.

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AbstractSustaining the regular flow of water from mountain forests is important for downstream stakeholders in seasonally dry tropical countries, and a watershed payment for ecosystem services (PES) scheme that links rural ecosystem service providers to urban water users through economic transfers may help to maintain water supply and forest habitat. A CARE/WWF project in the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania has established a pilot watershed PES scheme. We trace the development of this scheme and outline its initial impacts. Memoranda of Understanding between companies in Dar es Salaam (the downstream water users) and farmers in the mountains provide the framework to deliver tangible financial benefits to local people, help change patterns of land use and potentially improve water quality. A number of lessons learned from this project are relevant for similar schemes elsewhere in the region. Overcoming the various challenges is essential for expanding the current pilot project to a scale where it delivers measurable changes in water quality for downstream users.

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Sacchelli, Sandro, Costanza Borghi, and Gianluca Grilli. "Prevention of erosion in mountain basins: A spatial-based tool to support payments for forest ecosystem services." Journal of Forest Science 67, No. 6 (June 4, 2021): 258–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/5/2021-jfs.

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This paper presents a spatial-based decision support system (DSS) to assist public and private forest managers in the analysis of potential feasibility in payments for forest ecosystem services (PES) for the prevention of soil erosion. The model quantifies the maximum willingness to pay (WTP) of managers of a reservoir to prevent soil loss. The minimum willingness to accept (WTA) of forest owners for the activation of a private market is also computed. The comparison of WTP and WTA identifies the forest area where PES are ideally feasible with additional potential for compensation to enable the schemes. The DSS highlights forest idiosyncrasies as well as local socio-economic and geomorphological characteristics influencing PES suitability at a geographic level. The potential applications and future improvements of the model are also discussed.

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Vukomanovic, Jelena, and Toddi Steelman. "A Systematic Review of Relationships Between Mountain Wildfire and Ecosystem Services." Landscape Ecology 34, no. 5 (May 2019): 1179–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00832-9.

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Mo, Lichun, Jiakai Liu, Jiancheng Chen, and Yi Xie. "Quantifying ecosystem services of dominate forests in the Beijing mountain area." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 22 (May 12, 2020): 27773–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09013-7.

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Yu, Dan Dan, and Shi Jie Han. "The Gain or Loss of Ecosystem Services in the Changbai Mountain Natural Reserves under the Policy Intervention." Advanced Materials Research 864-867 (December 2013): 1111–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.864-867.1111.

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Based on the published studies and the data from multiple-year consecutive observation of the Long Term Ecological Research Station affiliated to the Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), the ecosystem services of carbon fixation and oxygen release, water conservation, soil conservation and nutrient accumulation of the Changbai Mountain Natural Reserve (CMNR), PR China, from 1985 to 1997 were evaluated using the Specifications for Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Services in China (LY/T17212008) promulgated by State Forestry Administration of China. The results show that the loss of ecosystem service value in CMNR was 59.76 million dollar under the policy intervention. These ecosystem services show trade-off/synergistic relationship. Carbon fixation and oxygen release, water conservation and soil conservation decreased greatly, while nutrient accumulation slightly increased from 1985 to 1997. This research could provide a scientific basis for policy-making in sustainable development of natural reserves.

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Katrandzhiev, Kostadin, Kremena Gocheva, and Svetla Bratanova-Doncheva. "Whole System Data Integration for Condition Assessments of Climate Change Impacts: An Example in High-Mountain Ecosystems in Rila (Bulgaria)." Diversity 14, no. 4 (March 25, 2022): 240. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14040240.

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To study climate impacts, data integration from heterogeneous sources is imperative for long-term monitoring in data sparse areas such as the High Mountain Ecosystems in the Rila Mountain, Bulgaria—difficult to both access and observe remotely due to frequent clouds. This task is especially challenging because discerning trends in vegetation location, condition and functioning requires observing over decades. To integrate the existing sparse data, we apply the Whole System framework adapted nationally in the Bulgarian Methodological Framework for Mapping and Assessment of ecosystem services. As the framework mainly relies on field data, we complement it with remote sensing vegetation indices (NDVI, NDWI and NDGI) for 42 years, together with Copernicus High Resolution Layer products and climate change reanalysis data for 40 years. We confirmed that the Whole System framework is extensible and semantically, ontologically and methodologically well suited for heterogeneous data fusion, co-analysis, reanalysis and joint interpretation. We found trends in ecosystem extent and functioning, in particular species composition, in line with climate change trends since around 1990 and exclusively attributable to climate change since 2015. Furthermore, we specified a data crosswalk between habitats and ecosystems at Level 3 (ecosystem subtype), and define new candidate indicators suitable for remotely monitoring climate change’s effects on the ecosystems’ extent and condition, as candidates for inclusion in the methodological framework.

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Wang, Kelin, Chunhua Zhang, Hongsong Chen, Yueming Yue, Wei Zhang, Mingyang Zhang, Xiangkun Qi, and Zhiyong Fu. "Karst landscapes of China: patterns, ecosystem processes and services." Landscape Ecology 34, no. 12 (October 28, 2019): 2743–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00912-w.

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Abstract Context The karst region of southwestern China, one of the largest continuous karsts in the world, is known for its unique landscapes and rich biodiversity. This region has suffered severe environmental degradation (e.g., vegetation cover loss, soil erosion and biodiversity loss). In recent decades, Chinese governments at different levels have initiated several ecological programs (e.g., Green for Grain, Mountain Closure) to restore the degraded environment and to alleviate poverty. Objectives This study summarizes landscape studies of karst landscapes patterns, their dynamics and interactions among landscape pattern, hydrological processes and ecosystem services (ES). Methods We conducted a systematic literature review of science and land use policy to identify knowledge gaps and recommend future research and policy directions. Results Karst landscapes have experienced rapid turnover in recent decades due largely to the overlap of intense human activity on the fragile karst ecosystems. Many studies have comprehensively examined hydrology, soil processes and ecosystem services (ES) and their relationships with landscape pattern. Most of these studies have found that karst ecosystems recover with improved ES. However, the importance of epikarst in hydrological and soil processes, intense anthropogenic disturbance and landscape heterogeneity in landscape models remains elusive. Conclusions Future research should focus on in-depth examination and modelling of karst specific hydrological and soil processes, investigating relationships between climatic change, landscape change, ecological processes, and region-specific ES assessments. Results from such research should provide the necessary scientific support for a comprehensive, national karst rocky desertification treatment project (Stage II) and poverty alleviation initiatives.

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Ishaq, S., M. Z. Khan, F. Begum, K. Hussain, R. Amir, A. Hussain, and S. Ali. "CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON MOUNTAIN BIODIVERSITY: A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GILGIT-BALTISTAN OF PAKISTAN." Journal of Mountain Area Research 1 (August 27, 2016): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.53874/jmar.v1i0.12.

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Climate Change is not a stationary phenomenon; it moves from time to time, it represents a major threat to mountainous biodiversity and to ecosystem integrity. The present study is an attempt to identify the current knowledge gap and the effects of climate change on mountainous biodiversity, a special reference to the Gilgit-Baltistan is briefly reviewed. Measuring the impact of climate change on mountain biodiversity is quite challenging, because climate change interacts with every phenomenon of ecosystem. The scale of this change is so large and very adverse so strongly connected to ecosystem services, and all communities who use natural resources. This study aims to provide the evidences on the basis of previous literature, in particular context to mountain biodiversity of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan have most fragile ecosystem and are more vulnerable to climate change. These mountains host variety of wild fauna and flora, with many endangered species of the world. There are still many gaps in our knowledge of literature we studied because very little research has been conducted in Gilgit-Baltistan about climate change particular to biodiversity. Recommendations are made for increased research efforts in future this including jointly monitoring programs, climate change models and ecological research. Understanding the impact of climate change particular to biodiversity of GB is very important for sustainable management of these natural resources. The Government organizations, NGOs and the research agencies must fill the knowledge gap, so that it will help them for policy making, which will be based on scientific findings and research based.

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