Grassland ecosystem services: a systematic review of research advances and future directions

Y Zhao, Z Liu, J Wu - Landscape Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Context Grasslands provide a variety of ecosystem services (ESs) for humans. While much
ES research has focused on forests and wetlands, synthesizing the currently somewhat …

Soil erosion control practices in the Chinese Loess Plateau: A systematic review

X Wen, L Zhen - Environmental Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil erosion control practices have been extensively conducted in the Chinese Loess
Plateau, which is one of the most severe soil erosion regions in the world. Nevertheless, a …

Driving factors of ecosystem services and their spatiotemporal change assessment based on land use types in the Loess Plateau

X Wang, J Wu, Y Liu, X Hai, Z Shanguan… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
A clear understanding of the driving factors for different ecosystem services (ESs) is quite
essential for sustainable ecosystem management. It is important to strengthen research in …

Loess Plateau: from degradation to restoration

Y Yu, W Zhao, JF Martinez-Murillo, P Pereira - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
United Nations established 2021–2030 as the decade for ecosystem restoration and
“prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide”. Ecosystem and land …

Diverse policies leading to contrasting impacts on land cover and ecosystem services in Northeast China

D Mao, X He, Z Wang, Y Tian, H Xiang, H Yu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding where important ecosystem services originate in space and how they
change in time is essential for sustainable ecosystem management. Spatially explicit …

Surface Water Pollution in the Middle Chinese Loess Plateau with Special Focus on Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+): Occurrence, Sources and Health Risks

X He, P Li - Exposure and Health, 2020 - Springer
Due to the combined influence of unique natural environment and increasing human
activities, water quality in the Chinese Loess Plateau is deteriorating. Hexavalent chromium …

Identifying and analyzing ecosystem service bundles and their socioecological drivers in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area

M Gou, L Li, S Ouyang, N Wang, L La, C Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of ecosystem service (ES) bundles and their
socioecological drivers is vital for ecological management and policymaking. However, the …

Spatial identification and trade-off analysis of land use functions improve spatial zoning management in rapid urbanized areas, China

J Zhang, S Li, N Lin, Y Lin, S Yuan, L Zhang, J Zhu… - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The quantitative identification and trade-off/synergy analysis of land use functions (LUFs)
form the foundation of territory spatial planning and management. However, the application …

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

Y Zhang, X Lu, B Liu, D Wu, G Fu, Y Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services (ES) and their underlying
socioecological drivers is essential for forming the efficient management decisions of …

Scale effect and spatially explicit drivers of interactions between ecosystem services—A case study from the Loess Plateau

M Yang, X Gao, X Zhao, P Wu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Identifying the scale effect of relationships between ecosystem services (ESs), and
determining which factors affect such relationships and the spatial distribution patterns of …