Exploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: Insights from China’s Shanxi Province

In the past few decades, dominating human development patterns have negatively affected ecosystem services (ESs). To sustainably supply multiple ESs and enhance human well-being, researchers should analyze ESs responses to antagonistic effects. This study uses the InVEST model to evaluate the key ES...

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Autores principales: Baoan Hu, Fengfeng Kang, Hairong Han, Xiaoqin Cheng, Zuzheng Li
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f8c351f0a6fa49f695aa0dba057cc8c32021-12-01T05:00:24ZExploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: Insights from China’s Shanxi Province1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108188https://doaj.org/article/f8c351f0a6fa49f695aa0dba057cc8c32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21008530https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XIn the past few decades, dominating human development patterns have negatively affected ecosystem services (ESs). To sustainably supply multiple ESs and enhance human well-being, researchers should analyze ESs responses to antagonistic effects. This study uses the InVEST model to evaluate the key ESs of the Shanxi Province in 2000 and 2020. The geographical detector model was used to analyze the dominant factors of the spatial differentiation characteristics of ESs changes. We used the Multi-Scale Geographically Weighted Regression (MGWR) to identify the main drivers of ESs changes and capture the differences in spatial variation. The results were as follows: (1) From 2000 to 2020, soil conservation (SC), carbon storage (CS), grain productivity (GP), and total ecosystem services (TES) increased by 44.48%, 1.03%, 57.84, and 1.67% respectively. Water yield (WY) and habitat quality (HQ) decreased by 1.36% and 0.64%, respectively. (2) The interaction of anthropogenic, climate, vegetation, and geomorphological factors has a significantly greater impact for the spatial differentiation of ESs changes than any single factor, though anthropogenic factors dominate the spatial distribution of regional ESs changes. (3) There is obvious spatial heterogeneity in the properties and intensity of the correlations between driving factors and changes in ESs. Anthropogenic factors have significant negative effects on CS, WY, and HQ changes. Vegetation factors were the main driving force for the improvement of GP and TES, while the climatic factor was the main driving factor for SC changes. (4) The MGWR model achieved the optimal performance, and the four selected driving factors explain 61.9%, 81.3%, 97.1%, 56.7%, 81.6%, and 79.2% of the changes in CS, WY, SC, HQ, GP, and TES, respectively. Based on the results, we suggest that future ecosystem management, planning and decision making, should focus on maintaining the balance between anthropogenic activities and vegetation restoration. This study provides a convenient method to capture the relationship between ESs and drivers in geographic space, and provides a reference for the sustainable supply of ESs in the region and the world.Baoan HuFengfeng KangHairong HanXiaoqin ChengZuzheng LiElsevierarticleEcosystem servicesDriving factorsInVEST modelGeographical detectorSpatial regressionShanxi ProvinceEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 131, Iss , Pp 108188- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Ecosystem services
Driving factors
InVEST model
Geographical detector
Spatial regression
Shanxi Province
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle Ecosystem services
Driving factors
InVEST model
Geographical detector
Spatial regression
Shanxi Province
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Baoan Hu
Fengfeng Kang
Hairong Han
Xiaoqin Cheng
Zuzheng Li
Exploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: Insights from China’s Shanxi Province
description In the past few decades, dominating human development patterns have negatively affected ecosystem services (ESs). To sustainably supply multiple ESs and enhance human well-being, researchers should analyze ESs responses to antagonistic effects. This study uses the InVEST model to evaluate the key ESs of the Shanxi Province in 2000 and 2020. The geographical detector model was used to analyze the dominant factors of the spatial differentiation characteristics of ESs changes. We used the Multi-Scale Geographically Weighted Regression (MGWR) to identify the main drivers of ESs changes and capture the differences in spatial variation. The results were as follows: (1) From 2000 to 2020, soil conservation (SC), carbon storage (CS), grain productivity (GP), and total ecosystem services (TES) increased by 44.48%, 1.03%, 57.84, and 1.67% respectively. Water yield (WY) and habitat quality (HQ) decreased by 1.36% and 0.64%, respectively. (2) The interaction of anthropogenic, climate, vegetation, and geomorphological factors has a significantly greater impact for the spatial differentiation of ESs changes than any single factor, though anthropogenic factors dominate the spatial distribution of regional ESs changes. (3) There is obvious spatial heterogeneity in the properties and intensity of the correlations between driving factors and changes in ESs. Anthropogenic factors have significant negative effects on CS, WY, and HQ changes. Vegetation factors were the main driving force for the improvement of GP and TES, while the climatic factor was the main driving factor for SC changes. (4) The MGWR model achieved the optimal performance, and the four selected driving factors explain 61.9%, 81.3%, 97.1%, 56.7%, 81.6%, and 79.2% of the changes in CS, WY, SC, HQ, GP, and TES, respectively. Based on the results, we suggest that future ecosystem management, planning and decision making, should focus on maintaining the balance between anthropogenic activities and vegetation restoration. This study provides a convenient method to capture the relationship between ESs and drivers in geographic space, and provides a reference for the sustainable supply of ESs in the region and the world.
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author Baoan Hu
Fengfeng Kang
Hairong Han
Xiaoqin Cheng
Zuzheng Li
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Fengfeng Kang
Hairong Han
Xiaoqin Cheng
Zuzheng Li
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title Exploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: Insights from China’s Shanxi Province
title_short Exploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: Insights from China’s Shanxi Province
title_full Exploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: Insights from China’s Shanxi Province
title_fullStr Exploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: Insights from China’s Shanxi Province
title_full_unstemmed Exploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: Insights from China’s Shanxi Province
title_sort exploring drivers of ecosystem services variation from a geospatial perspective: insights from china’s shanxi province
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