Impact of landscape pattern change on water-related ecosystem services: Comprehensive analysis based on heterogeneity perspective

• Published in: Ecological indicators Vol. 133; p. 108372
• Main Authors: Li, Junhan, Zhou, Kaichun, Xie, Binggeng, Xiao, Jianyong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: agricultural land; basins; ecosystems; exports; humans; issues and policy; land management; Landscape heterogeneity; landscape management; landscapes; nitrogen; Nonlinear relationship; phosphorus; Scenario analysis; soil conservation; Spatio-temporal changes; water purification; water yield; Water-related ecosystem services; woodlands; Spatio-temporal changes; Scenario analysis; Water-related ecosystem services; Landscape heterogeneity; Nonlinear relationship

[Display omitted] •Effects of landscape composition on WESs are larger than those of configuration.•Landscape pattern only changes the intensity, not the dominant relationship.•There is a non-linear relationship between landscape pattern indicators and WESs.•The results may be misunderstood by the m...