Abstract The Yangtze River Basin (YZRB) and Yellow River Basin (YRB) are important
ecological regions in China. In recent decades, intense climate change and human activities …

Ecological security is the basis for ecosystems to provide various ecosystem services (ESs)
to humans. Identifying ecological security patterns (ESPs) is an effective approach to …

Vegetation is a crucial component of terrestrial ecosystems, and its changes are driven
mainly by a combination of climate change and human activities. This paper aims to reveal …

Ecosystem services are part and parcel of human lives. It is of paramount importance to
understand the interaction between these ecosystem services, as they are directly related to …

The rapid process of urbanization, accompanied by the sharp increase of urban population
and expansion of artificial surface, has resulted in the loss of natural ecosystems and the …

High-quality development (HQD) is the requirement for adapting to the changes in the main
contradictions of Chinese society and achieving sustained and stable development. Based …

Drought, water shortage, and anthropogenic disturbance bring about serious ecological
issues in the Yellow River Basin. In recent decades, the “Grain-for-Green” project, wind-sand …

Highlights•Soil conservation services involve multiscale evaluation of demand and
supply.•Soil conservation service evaluation extends from local scale to regional …

United Nations established 2021–2030 as the decade for ecosystem restoration and
“prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide”. Ecosystem and land …

Understanding the impacts of large-scale anthropogenic drivers on spatiotemporal
processes in carbon storage through land-use patterns is a growing issue for the …