Soil plays a crucial role in ecosystem functioning. In the 1990s ecosystem services (ES)
research focused on developing the concept and framework and only a few studies linked …

The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …

This chapter provides an overview of the latest developments in mapping ecosystem
services. It aims to provide an answer to the following two questions: What aspects of …

There is an increasing interest in introducing ecosystem services (ESs) and landscape
ecological risk (LER) into environmental policies and governance. Yet, we know little about …

Since the turn of the millennium, studies on the value of ecosystem services have grown
significantly in China, producing a rich and diverse literature. However, a systematic review …

Mapping the demand for ecosystem services (ES) has received increased attention in
scientific research and is seen as a relevant tool to inform conservation planning, land use …

Land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics alter ecosystem services values (ESVs), yet
quantitative evaluations of changes in ESVs are seldom attempted. Using Munessa …

We review public participation GIS (PPGIS) and participatory GIS (PGIS) approaches for
ecosystem services to identify current and best practice. PPGIS/PGIS are spatially explicit …

As a highly valuable region that provides multiple important ecosystem services, the Qinghai-
Tibetan Plateau is vulnerable to climate change and human activities, which have induced …

Bats play crucial ecosystem services as seed dispersers, pollinators, controllers of insects,
and nutrient recyclers. However, there has not been a thorough global review evaluating …