Forest microclimates and climate change: Importance, drivers and future research agenda

P De Frenne, J Lenoir, M Luoto… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Forest microclimates contrast strongly with the climate outside forests. To fully understand
and better predict how forests' biodiversity and functions relate to climate and climate …

Impact of land use change on ecosystem services: A review

SS Hasan, L Zhen, MG Miah, T Ahamed… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in land use and ecosystem services influence each other and such
changes have consequences for human wellbeing. In this paper, we review the research …

[HTML][HTML] Core principles for successfully implementing and upscaling Nature-based Solutions

E Cohen-Shacham, A Andrade, J Dalton… - … Science & Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite substantial increases in the scope and magnitude of biodiversity conservation and
ecological restoration, there remains ongoing degradation of natural resources that …

Spatial differentiation and driving mechanisms in ecosystem service value of arid region: A case study in the middle and lower reaches of Shule River Basin, NW …

N Pan, Q Guan, Q Wang, Y Sun, H Li, Y Ma - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The determination of spatiotemporal variation in ecosystem service value and its drivers is
fundamental to ecosystem service management and decision-making. This paper selects a …

Urbanization and agriculture intensification jointly enlarge the spatial inequality of river water quality

Y Li, W Mi, L Ji, Q He, P Yang, S Xie, Y Bi - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rivers are severely polluted by multiple anthropogenic stressors. An unevenly distributed
landscape pattern can aggravate the deterioration of water quality in rivers. Identifying the …

Dryland climate change: Recent progress and challenges

J Huang, Y Li, C Fu, F Chen, Q Fu, A Dai… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Drylands are home to more than 38% of the world's population and are one of the most
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities. This review describes recent …

Impact of land use and climate change on water-related ecosystem services in Kentucky, USA

Y Bai, TO Ochuodho, J Yang - Ecological indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Policy-makers are interested in knowing the relative importance and combined effects of
land use and climate change on ecosystem services. However, knowledge of how to identify …

Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps

RE Brock, A Cini, S Sumner - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aculeate wasps are one of the most diverse and speciose insect taxa; they are
omnipresent across ecosystems and exhibit diverse co‐evolutionary and exploitative …

The impact of economic development and social-political factors on ecological footprint: A panel data analysis for 15 MENA countries

L Charfeddine, Z Mrabet - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper extends the work of Al-Mulali and Ozturk (2015)[1] by re-investigating the
Environment Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis for 15 MENA (Middle East and North African) …

Land-use/land-cover change and ecosystem service provision in China

W Song, X Deng - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
As a result of economics and policy, land-use/land-cover change (LUCC) in China has
undergone a series of complicated changes over the past three decades. However, the …