Quantitative Assessment for the Spatiotemporal Changes of Ecosystem Services, Tradeoff–Synergy Relationships and Drivers in the Semi-Arid Regions of China

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 239
• Main Authors: Li, Yongge, Liu, Wei, Feng, Qi, Zhu, Meng, Yang, Linshan, Zhang, Jutao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Anthropogenic factors; Arid regions; Arid zones; Artificial intelligence; autocorrelation; Biodiversity; Bivariate analysis; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; China; Climate change; Correlation analysis; cropland; data collection; Distribution patterns; Economic development; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environmental economics; Environmental quality; equations; Fixation; Food; Food production; Grasslands; habitats; Heterogeneity; Hexi Corridor; Human influences; humans; Land cover; Land use; Mountains; Population growth; Qilian Mountains; Redundancy; Regions; Remote sensing; Resource management; Retention; Sand; sand fixation; Semi arid areas; Semiarid zones; soil; Soil conservation; Soil erosion; Soil water storage; Soils; Spatial analysis; Spatial distribution; Spatial heterogeneity; spatial variation; Sustainability; temperature; trade-offs; Tradeoffs; Vegetation; Vegetation cover; Water consumption; water management; Water resources management; water retention; Wetting; Wind; Wind erosion; Wind speed; Brazil; Canada; China

Ecosystem services in arid inland regions are significantly affected by climate change and land use/land cover change associated with agricultural activity. However, the dynamics and relationships of ecosystem services affected by natural and anthropogenic drivers in inland regions are still less un...