Mapping the hotspots and coldspots of ecosystem services in conservation priority setting

• Published in: Journal of geographical sciences Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 681 - 696
• Main Authors: Li, Yingjie, Zhang, Liwei, Yan, Junping, Wang, Pengtao, Hu, Ningke, Cheng, Wei, Fu, Bojie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Science Press 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environmental impact; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Geography; Nature Conservation; Physical Geography; Planning; Precipitation; R&D; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Research & development; River ecology; Science; Soil conservation; Water conservation; soil conservation; Getis-Ord Gi statistics; ecosystem services mapping; spatial clustering; Shaanxi Province

Spatial-explicitly mapping of the hotspots and coldspots is a vital link in the priority setting for ecosystem services （ES） conservation. However, little research has identified and tested the compactness and efficiency of their ES hotspots and coldspots, which may weaken the effectiveness of ecolo...