Emergy-based evaluation of ecosystem services: Progress and perspectives

C Zhang, B Su, M Beckmann, M Volk - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review investigates the potential of the emergy analysis (EMA) as a new perspective
and approach to the worldwide used ecosystem services (ESs) framework to quantify and …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the impact of urban expansion on the habitat quality and constructing ecological security patterns: A case study of Jiziwan in the Yellow River …

L Wei, L Zhou, D Sun, B Yuan, F Hu - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Evaluating the impact of urban expansion on the habitat quality and constructing ecological
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Drought characteristics and dominant factors across China: Insights from high-resolution daily SPEI dataset between 1979 and 2018

L Wan, VA Bento, Y Qu, J Qiu, H Song… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought, a complex phenomenon exacerbated by climate change, is influenced by various
climate factors. The escalating global temperatures associated with climate change, impact …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts and predictions of urban expansion on habitat quality in the densely populated areas: A case study of the Yellow River Basin, China

J Tang, L Zhou, X Dang, F Hu, B Yuan, Z Yuan… - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
The conflict between the human-environment is more prominent in densely populated areas
(DPA) where urban expansion is increasingly disturbing the ecological environment …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of land-use change on the spatio-temporal patterns of terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage in the Gansu Province, Northwest China

L Wang, R Zhu, Z Yin, Z Chen, C Fang, R Lu, J Zhou… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Land-use change is supposed to exert significant effects on the spatio-temporal patterns of
ecosystem carbon storage in arid regions, while the relative size of land-use change effect …

Quantifying landscape connectivity gaps between protected area and natural habitat

H Mu, S Guo, X Li, Y Zhou, Y Lü, X Du, J Huang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Protected areas are crucial for safeguarding biodiversity and mitigating significant threats.
However, the effectiveness of protected areas has been debated, particularly regarding their …

Analysis of spatial-temporal differentiation and influencing factors of ecosystem services in resource-based cities in semiarid regions

S Zhu, Y Zhao, J Huang, S Wang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The spatial-temporal differentiation characteristics and driving mechanisms of ecosystem
services are of great significance for optimizing the pattern of land spatial protection and …

Land-use and habitat quality prediction in the Fen River Basin based on PLUS and InVEST models

Y Hou, J Wu - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Assessment and prediction analyses of the ecological environmental quality of river basins
are pivotal to realize ecological protection and high-quality coordinated development …

Projections of global drought and their climate drivers using CMIP6 global climate models

F Xu, VA Bento, Y Qu, Q Wang - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Highlights What are the main findings? The future drought conditions predicted by AWI-CM-
1-1-MR and MPI-ESM1-2-HR are relatively reasonable. However, EC-Earth3 tends to …

Impact of socio-economic and environmental factors on livestock production in Kyrgyzstan

J Yang, Y Wang, H Zhang, Y Su, X Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Livestock husbandry is a key indicator of economic development, environmental protection,
and food security in the world, which is vulnerable to environmental changes and economic …