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Ecology
Ao Zhou, Wenwu Zhao, Paulo Pereira
Summary: As water demands continue to increase, the contradiction between water supply and demand is becoming increasingly severe, especially in Inner Mongolia's arid and semiarid areas. This study analyzed the temporal and spatial relationships between water supply and demand in the region using the InVEST model and water resources bulletin.
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Agronomy
Wei Cheng, Beibei Shen, Xiaoping Xin, Qian Gu, Tao Guo
Summary: This study investigates the spatiotemporal variations of grassland ecosystem service value (ESV) and its influencing factors in Inner Mongolia. The results show that the ESV is higher in the northeast and gradually increases over time. The normalized vegetation index (NDVI) and precipitation are found to be the main factors affecting the distribution of ESV. These findings can provide valuable insights for policymaking in natural resource conservation or restoration.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Yanwen Wang, Song Hong, Jinzhu Wang, Jingyu Lin, Hang Mu, Liyuan Wei, Zhen Wang, Brett A. Bryan
Summary: Quantifying and mapping trans-boundary ecosystem service flows can help identify dependencies and responsibilities between nations. This study focused on Central Asia and found that Kazakhstan provided the most ecosystem services to other countries, while Uzbekistan was the biggest beneficiary. Understanding these flows is crucial for balancing human and ecological needs and enhancing natural capital management.
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Environmental Sciences
Jinghui Li
Summary: A comprehensive understanding of the multiple factors affecting ecosystem services supply and demand balance is essential for effective ecosystem management and policy making. In this study, the supply-demand balance of four types of ecosystem services in Taihu Lake Basin, China was analyzed using models and mapping techniques. The results showed spatial heterogeneity and imbalance in the supply and demand of ecosystem services, with the greatest imbalances in urban areas. Multiple factors, such as vegetation index, elevation, precipitation, and human disturbance, were found to influence ecosystem service balance. Recommendations were made for watershed management, including increasing the number of small-scale community parks in urban centers and expanding green spaces in suburban areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Rui Sun, Xiaobin Jin, Bo Han, Xinyuan Liang, Xiaolin Zhang, Yinkang Zhou
Summary: This study constructed a framework to analyze the supply and demand status of regional ecosystem services, and quantitatively measured the equilibrium coupling status of ecological units in Jiangsu Province. The results showed apparent spatial heterogeneity in the supply and demand of ecosystem services, but an overall trend towards coordinated development. These findings lay a foundation for ecosystem management and policy formulation in promoting regional sustainable development.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jirui Gong, Jiayu Shi, Chenchen Zhu, Xiaobing Li, Zihe Zhang, Weiyuan Zhang, Ying Li, Yuxia Hu
Summary: Assessing the relationships between ecosystem services supply and demand is crucial for sustainable planning and human well-being. This study analyzed the supply and demand, synergies and trade-offs, and spatial relationships of four ecosystem services in a desert steppe of Inner Mongolia. The results showed imbalances in supply and demand, indicating the need for appropriate policies based on local constraints for sustainable development and addressing environmental issues.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jie Zeng, Xinyu Cui, Wanxu Chen, Xiaowei Yao
Summary: The coercive impact of urban expansion on ecosystems is increasingly severe and understanding its impact on the supply and demand balance of ecosystem services across regions is crucial for ecological management. This study explored the spatial dependence and heterogeneity of this impact in China's prefecture-level cities and found an aggravation of the imbalance of ecosystem services due to urban expansion. The study also highlighted the need to consider regional differences and linkages in urban planning and decision-making.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wei Liu, Jinyan Zhan, Fen Zhao, Fan Zhang, Yanmin Teng, Chao Wang, Xi Chu, Michael Asiedu Kumi
Summary: The study focused on the Pearl River Delta to analyze the change trends of food supply-demand ratio (FSDR) at city level and depict the spatial flow path within and between cities. Results showed that food demand significantly exceeded supply in 2015, leading to large discrepancies in FSDR at the city level when considering ecosystem service flows. As delivery distances increased, food flow size decreased within cities and increased among cities.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jinxi Zhang, Chunyang He, Qingxu Huang, Lei Li
Summary: Ecosystem service (ES) flow plays a crucial role in connecting natural ecosystems and socioeconomic systems. Understanding and managing ES flow is of great importance for regional ecosystem management and ecological compensation policies. This study focused on both intra-region ES flow and inter-region ES flow, using the Huangshui River Basin as a case study. The results showed a decrease in ES flow within the basin, to adjacent systems, and to distant systems from 2000 to 2020. The decrease was most significant in ES flow to distant systems, particularly in hydrological regulation flow, which was greatly affected by grassland loss in the basin. It is suggested that future ecosystem conservation in the basin should involve distant systems to ensure the provision of ESs to them and establish grassland ecological compensation mechanisms.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yumeng Pan, Huijie Xiao, Zhiming Xin, Junran Li, Abbas Miri, Qiqi Cao
Summary: Desert ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change and understanding the energy balance and water/heat transfer processes is crucial for water resource management. However, there is still limited research on these processes and the effects of environmental factors on energy distribution in desert ecosystems.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Qinqin Liu, Yichen Tian, Kai Yin, Feifei Zhang, Huiping Huang, Fangmiao Chen
Summary: This study presents an analysis method for the spatial distribution of urban green space ecosystem services supply and demand, providing insights for urban planning. It identifies unbalanced areas in terms of both supply and demand and proposes optimization suggestions, playing a role in urban green space construction and structure optimization activities.
ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Siyuan Feng, Xin Liu, Wenwu Zhao, Ying Yao, Ao Zhou, Xiaoxing Liu, Paulo Pereira
Summary: Inner Mongolia is located in China's arid regions, facing the risk of desertification and requiring ecological restoration. By studying ecosystem services and vulnerability, it was found that soil conservation services have degraded in the northeast, and areas with higher ecosystem vulnerability are concentrated in that region.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiao Guo, Yilong Zhang, Xiaohong Shi, Biao Sun, Lijie Wu, Wei Wang
Summary: In this study, Hulun Lake is investigated as the research object, and the driving forces and cycles of water level and area changes are revealed, and the minimum ecological water demand is determined.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jingyu Lin, Jinliang Huang, Christina Prell, Brett A. Bryan
Summary: This study highlights the impacts of land-use change on freshwater ecosystem services flows, providing detailed information on water supply to beneficiaries within a watershed. It emphasizes the importance of integrated watershed management and decision-making processes for promoting the sustainability of freshwater ecosystems.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chuxiong Deng, Junyu Liu, Yaojun Liu, Zhongwu Li, Xiaodong Nie, Xiaoqian Hu, Lingxia Wang, Yuting Zhang, Guangye Zhang, Damei Zhu, Linhui Xiao
Summary: The study revealed significant changes in the supply and demand of carbon sequestration services in the Xiangjiang River Basin over the past few decades, with a sharp increase in carbon emissions demand due to urbanization leading to a continuous decline in the carbon sequestration services supply-demand ratio, indicating a shift from surplus to undersupply in the supply-demand relationship.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jie Xu, Yu Xiao, Gaodi Xie, Yangyang Wang, Yuan Jiang
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Liang Jiao, Shengjie Wang, Yuan Jiang, Xuerui Liu
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yulu Tian, Yuan Jiang, Qi Liu, Manyu Dong, Dingxue Xu, Yang Liu, Xia Xu
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Forestry
Yiping Zhang, Yuan Jiang, Yan Wen, Xinyuan Ding, Biao Wang, Junliang Xu
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jie Xu, Yu Xiao, Gaodi Xie, Yangyang Wang, Lin Zhen, Changshun Zhang, Yuan Jiang
ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jie Xu, Shuo Wang, Yu Xiao, Gaodi Xie, Yangyang Wang, Changshun Zhang, Ping Li, Guangchun Lei
Summary: This study selected and assessed 8 representative ES types in Ningxia, revealing the tradeoff or synergistic relationships between paired ESs and their linkages with socioecological driving factors. Spatiotemporal dynamic changes in ESBs were mapped in Ningxia from 2000 to 2015, showing significant differences in natural and socioeconomic conditions from south to north in the region. The results highlighted the coupled relationships among these ESs and certain achievements in ecological construction in Ningxia, with most ES pairs mainly positively correlated at all scales.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie, Yu Xiao, Jingya Liu, Yangyang Wang, Qi Luo, Huixia Zou, Shuang Gan, Keyu Qin, Mengdong Huang
Summary: The study revealed that China's total grain production increased significantly over a 30-year period, mainly concentrated in the northeast-southwest direction. Grain consumption was primarily focused in the central and eastern regions of China, especially in East and Central China. Overall, the pattern of self-sufficiency in grain production developed well during the study period.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jie Xu, Yu Xiao, Gaodi Xie, Jingya Liu, Keyu Qin, Yangyang Wang, Changshun Zhang, Guangchun Lei
Summary: This study uses water supply services as an example to establish a framework for interregional ecological compensation, revealing that most regions play dual roles as both water suppliers and users in the process, requiring corresponding ecological compensation based on the situation.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Jie Xu, Yu Xiao, Gaodi Xie, Yangyang Wang, Guangchun Lei
Summary: The study assessed the benefit diffusion process of windbreak and sand fixation service (WSFS) in National Key Ecological Function Areas (NKEFAs) by simulating WSFS diffusion paths and combining the Revised Wind Erosion Equation (RWEQ) model. Results showed that WSFS beneficiary areas spread beyond China to the East Asian region, with varying diffusion amounts in different NKEFAs. Additionally, the distribution frequency of diffusion paths and benefit diffusion effects exhibit distance attenuation characteristics.
Article
Agronomy
Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie, Yu Xiao, Keyu Qin, Jingya Liu, Yangyang Wang, Shuang Gan, Mengdong Huang, Jia Liu, Caixia Zhang, Changshun Zhang
Summary: This study aimed to address the issue of waste of water, land, and human resources in cotton seed production in Xinjiang, China. By investigating the spatial suitability of climate, land and water resources, and infrastructure, suitable areas for different cotton species were identified. The results showed that the western Tarim Basin in Xinjiang is the superior area for producing cotton seed of EMC, EMMC, and LSC.
Article
Forestry
Feng Xue, Yuan Jiang, Manyu Dong, Mingchang Wang, Xinyuan Ding, Xianji Yang, Minghao Cui, Hui Xu, Muyi Kang
Summary: The study monitored stem radius variations of Larix principis-rupprechtii and Picea meyeri at different elevations, revealing species-specific responses to tree water deficit-induced stem shrinkage (TWD) and daily stem cycles. TWD showed an elevational trend for Larix principis-rupprechtii and a closer relationship with vapor pressure deficit (VPD) for both species. Additionally, the daily amplitude of stem variations differed between the two species in different seasonal periods and showed distinct responses to environmental factors over the year.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie, Yu Xiao, Jingya Liu, Huixia Zou, Keyu Qin, Yangyang Wang, Mengdong Huang
Summary: This study investigated the spatial and temporal patterns of grain self-sufficiency at the county level in China. It found that the number of counties with self-insufficiency decreased while those with high-level self-sufficiency increased. In the future, China's overall grain self-sufficiency and ration self-sufficiency levels are expected to improve, especially under maximum grain yield increase rate.
FOOD AND ENERGY SECURITY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yangyang Wang, Yu Xiao, Gaodi Xie, Jie Xu, Keyu Qin, Jingya Liu, Yingnan Niu, Shuang Gan, Mengdong Huang, Lin Zhen
Summary: This study simulated the spatiotemporal patterns of the Wind Erosion Prevention Service (WEPS) in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 2000 to 2015, showing an increasing and then decreasing trend, with high-value areas gradually expanding to the west and east.
Article
Environmental Studies
Shuang Gan, Yu Xiao, Keyu Qin, Jingya Liu, Jie Xu, Yangyang Wang, Yingnan Niu, Mengdong Huang, Gaodi Xie
Summary: This study quantifies and analyzes multiple ecosystem services in Shenyang, China to reveal the trade-offs and synergies among different services, and identifies the different bundles and driving factors of ecosystem services. The results provide reference information for ecosystem management and land use regulation in Shenyang.
