Abstract Changes in land use and human interference influence the structures of space use
and ecological processes. Since 1990, the ecosystem service value (ESV) of the Dongliao …

Countries and regions with vast territory tend to have economic gradients and uneven land
use pattern. Ecological sensitive zones, transitional zones and state poverty counties have …

Clarifying multiple relationships between ecosystem services (ES) supplies and socio-
economical demands is the prerequisite of spatial sustainability. Ecotones are specific …

Ecological restoration programs (ERPs) have been conducted in China since 2000 to
improve ecological conditions, particularly in the farming-pastoral ecotone of Northern …

The vegetation in the farming-pastoral ecotone in northern China is influenced by both
natural and anthropogenic factors and has undergone drastic changes in the past decades …

As a special territory type, the farming–pastoral ecotone is facing challenges surrounding
path creation and high-quality and sustainable development. Counties are not only an …

A better understanding of responses of the regional water-energy cycle to land use/cover
change (LUCC) is important for ecological restoration in the agro-pastoral ecotone …

Living, production, and ecology are the core functions of multifunctional rural lands.
However, these functions have not yet been quantitatively assessed in farming-pastoral …

Cropland monitoring is a crucial component for a broad user community from Land Use and
Land Cover Change study to food security policy making. Faced with the rich natural …

Human activities are considered as the main driving forces of land use/land cover (LULC)
variation at city scales. Monitoring the dynamic variation of LULC and its socioeconomic …