Societal, economic and scientific interests in knowing where biodiversity is, how it is faring
and what can be done to efficiently mitigate further biodiversity loss and the associated loss …

Appropriate integration of remote sensing technologies into ecosystem services concepts
and practices leads to potential practical benefits for the protection of biodiversity and the …

Concern about the functional consequences of unprecedented loss in biodiversity has
prompted biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) research to become one of the most …

Ecological conservation and restoration are necessary to mitigate environmental
degradation problems. China has taken great efforts in such actions. To understand the …

Managing ecosystem services in the context of global sustainability policies requires reliable
monitoring mechanisms. While satellite Earth observation offers great promise to support …

Dryland ecosystems usually show low productivity, considerable water losses and land
degradation problems associated with soil erosion. Most bare-looking areas in these …

Karst ecosystem services (ESs), the key components of global terrestrial ESs, play a crucial
role in human welfare and livelihood. However, the spatiotemporal changes of ecosystem …

Ecological restoration projects have great impacts on ecosystem service values (ESVs) in
China. However, it is still unclear how the temporal and spatial characteristics of ESVs in …

We present an approach to generate estimates and to map Ecosystem Services (ES) related
to C and water dynamics (Soil Carbon sequestration, evapotranspiration and groundwater …

Monitoring and evaluating ecological quality and changes are crucial for policy formulation
to guide ecosystem management and socioeconomic sustainable development. However …