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Assessing ecosystem services of abandoned agricultural lands: a case study in the forested zone of European Russia
The massive abandonment of arable land in Russia in the 1990s had a heavy impact on the country’s land-use structure. The cessation of cultivation leads to a decrease of provision…
Mapping and assessment of ecosystem services at Troodos National Forest Park in Cyprus
Troodos National Forest Park is located in the centre of Troodos mountain range and it is one of the most important natural environments of Cyprus. It has been included to the Nat…
Developing peatland ecosystem accounts to guide targets for restoration
The United Nations System of Environmental and Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) is a geospatial approach, whereby existing data on ecosystem stocks and flows a…
Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change through residential urban green structures: co-benefits to thermal comfort…
Climate change adaptation is essential to mitigate risks, such as extreme weather events triggered by global warming and amplified in dense urban environments. Ecosystem-based ada…
Plant and seed germination responses to global change, with a focus on CO2: A review
Earth atmospheric CO2 concentration has risen by over 35% since 1750 and is presently increasing by about 2 parts per million (ppm) every year. Due to contributions from human act…
Mapping the economic loss of ecosystem services caused by the invasive plant species Antigonon leptopus on the Dutch Ca…
Invasive species are a worldwide threat to biodiversity, especially on Caribbean islands. Through their impact on the structure and functioning of ecosystems, they also affect eco…
Linking ecosystem services and the Sustainable Development Goals in Small Island Developing States: the case of Aruba
The economy and well-being in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and other Subnational Island Jurisdictions (SNIJ) highly rely on marine and coastal ecosystem services (ESS). M…
Conceptualising the demand for ecosystem services – an adapted spatial-structural approach
People require multiple ecosystem services (ES) to meet their basic needs and improve or maintain their quality of life. In order to meet these needs, natural resources are exploi…
Independent components of spatial-temporal structure of chlorophyll a patterns in the upper layer of the north-western …
In the present study, the results of independent component decomposition of satellite-derived chlorophyll a (Chla) patterns for the north-western part of the Black Sea are present…
Adequacy of ecosystem services assessment tools and approaches to current policy needs and gaps in the European Union O…
The paper presents the current policy needs and gaps identified in the European Union (EU) Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories to implement Mapping and Assess…
Assessing the effects of different land-use/land-cover input datasets on modelling and mapping terrestrial ecosystem se…
Modelling ecosystem services (ES) has become a new standard for the quantification and assessment of various ES. Multiple ES model applications are available that spatially estima…
Economic mapping and assessment of Cymodocea nodosa meadows as nursery grounds for commercially important fish species.…
Cymodocea nodosa seagrass meadows provide several socio-economically ecosystem services, including nurseries for numerous species of commercial interest. These seagrasses are expe…
A protocol for modelling generalised biological responses using latent variables in structural equation models
In this paper, we consider the problem of how to quantitatively characterise the degree to which a study object exhibits a generalised response. By generalised response, we mean a…
Organic matter temporal dynamics in the river ecosystem basin using remote sensing
Environmental research addresses ecosystems of various hierarchical levels. One of the ecosystem types is the river basin. The basin approach has been applied in the research. We …
Mapping recreational ecosystem services from stakeholders' perspective in the Azores
Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) in Europe’s Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) is still underdeveloped compared t…
Adopting a cross-scale approach for the deployment of a green infrastructure
The implementation of a Green Infrastructure (GI) involves several actors and governance scales that need adequate knowledge support. The multifunctionality of GI entails the impl…
Monitoring bee health in European agro-ecosystems using wing morphology and fat bodies
Current global change substantially threatens pollinators, which directly impacts the pollination services underpinning the stability, structure and functioning of ecosystems. Amo…
Valuation of kelp forest ecosystem services in the Falkland Islands: A case study integrating blue carbon sequestration…
Kelp forests provide many important ecosystem services to people, including mitigating storm damage, cycling nutrients, and providing commercially-harvestable resources. However, …
Applying the System of Environmental Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) framework at catchment scale to…
Ecosystem accounting is a tool to integrate nature into decision-making in a more structured way. Applying the use of nationally available datasets at catchment scale and followin…
A common typology for ecosystem characteristics and ecosystem condition variables
The UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA) aims at regular and standardised stocktaking on the extent of ecosystems, their con…
Integrating ecosystem services into decision support for management of agroecosystems: Viva Grass tool
The area covered by low-input agroecosystems (e.g. semi-natural and permanent grasslands) in Europe has considerably decreased throughout the last century. To support more sustain…
A conceptual framework and practical structure for implementing ecosystem condition accounts
Ecosystem condition is a fundamental component in the ecosystem accounting framework as part of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (…
Mapping the natural heritage as a source of recreation services at national scale in Bulgaria
Natural heritage includes natural features or natural areas of outstanding universal value. At a national level, this value refers to the importance of ecosystems which can be con…
Research gaps and trends in the Arctic tundra: a topic-modelling approach
Climate change is affecting the biodiversity, ecosystem services and the well-being of people that live in the Arctic tundra. Understanding the societal implications and adapting …
An Ecological Approach for Mapping Socio-Economic Data in Support of Ecosystems Analysis: Examples in Mapping Canada’s …
Integrating socio-economic dimensions in ecosystems analysis and management is becoming increasingly important, particularly from a mapping standpoint. A key challenge with such i…
National ecosystem services assessment in Slovakia – meeting old liabilities and introducing new methods
This article provides an overview and results of the pilot national ecosystem services assessment in Slovakia. It follows the MAES process and past ecosystem services (ES) researc…
A review of ecosystem condition accounts: lessons learned and options for further development
Ecosystem condition accounts are part of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA). An ecosystem condition account contains ag…
Diversity and activity of microorganisms in Antarctic polar soils
The study is focused on microbiological analyses in polar soils in selected monitoring sites in Livingstone Island, Antarctica region. The analyses include determination of the qu…
Ecosystem services mapping and assessment for policy- and decision-making: Lessons learned from a comparative analysis …
This paper analyses and compares a set of case studies on ecosystem services (ES) mapping and assessment with the purpose of formulating lessons learned and recommendations. Fourt…
Hierarchical classification system of Germany’s ecosystems as basis for an ecosystem accounting – methods and first res…
Information on changes in the area of different ecosystems is needed in order to establish an accounting system for ecosystem conditions and services. Currently, there are no comp…
Ten years of ecosystem services matrix: Review of a (r)evolution
With the Ecosystem Service (ES) concept's popularisation, the need for robust and practical methodologies for ES assessments has increased. The ES matrix approach, linking ecosyst…
Facilitating spatially-explicit assessments of ecosystem service delivery to support land use planning
Since the early 2000s, there have been substantial efforts to transform the concept of ecosystem services into practice. Spatial assessment tools are being developed to evaluate t…
A 'Weight of Evidence' approach to evaluating structural equation models
It is possible that model selection has been the most researched and most discussed topic in the history of both statistics and structural equation modeling (SEM). The reason for …
Towards implementing Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services in Cyprus: A first set of indicators for e…
Ecosystems deliver a range of services that are important for human well-being. Although Ecosystem Services (ES) assessments have been carried out worldwide in different geographi…
A georeferenced dataset of drought and heat-induced tree mortality in Europe
Global warming is altering climate patterns and the frequency and magnitude of heat and drought events affecting ecosystems worldwide. One of the effects of these changes is tree …
Changes in land cover and grassland area over the past 120 years in a rapidly urbanised area in Japan
In wet temperate regions, human activity has played an important role in shaping the size and distribution of grasslands. We examined change in land cover type and grassland area …
Ecosystem service preferences across multilevel stakeholders in co-managed forests: Case of Aberdare protected forest e…
A better understanding of Ecosystem Services (ES) contributes to sustainable use while conserving the ecosystems mainly in resource-rich developing regions. This paper explores mu…
Indicators for mapping and assessment of ecosystem condition and of the ecosystem service habitat maintenance in suppor…
A systematic approach to map and assess the “maintenance of nursery populations and habitats” ecosystem service (ES) (hereinafter called “habitat maintenance”) has not yet emerged…
The critical role of abiotic factors and human activities in the supply of ecosystem services in the ES matrix
In Western Europe, ecosystems have been shaped to maximise the supply of one specific biomass provisioning ecosystem service (ES), such as food or timber, with detrimental impacts…
Methodological interlinkages for mapping ecosystem services – from data to analysis and decision-support
A broad array of methods have been developed and applied to map ecosystem services and their values at various geographic scales. For example, the ESMERALDA project developed meth…
Influence of cultural contexts on the appreciation of different cultural ecosystem services based on social network ana…
Since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, ecosystem science domain has made tremendous progress in the study of ecosystem services, but debates on neglected cultural ecosystem se…
Which ecosystems provide which services? A meta-analysis of nine selected ecosystem services assessments
For ecosystem measurement frameworks to be accepted, operationalised and implemented by diverse international communities, clear and agreeable concepts and classifications are ess…
Uncertainty in ecosystem services maps: the case of carbon stocks in the Brazilian Amazon forest using regression analy…
Ecosystem Service (ES) mapping has become a key tool in scientific assessments of human-nature interactions and is being increasingly used in environmental planning and policy-mak…
A Conceptual Framework for Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
This short communication presents an ecosystem assessment framework developed within ESMERALDA; a Horizon2020-funded EU project aimed at delivering a ‘flexible methodology’ to ass…
A critical review of ecosystem accounting and services frameworks
Ecological economists currently face an important opportunity to influence national policies and global awareness regarding ecosystems. Ecosystem services (ES) frameworks, includi…
National scale ecosystem condition assessment with emphasis on forest types in Greece
This study presents a first, national scale approach on ecosystem condition assessment for Greece, through integrating the available surveillance and monitoring data for habitat t…
Distribution of bumblebees across Europe
Insect pollinators are a key component of biodiversity; they also play a major role in the reproduction of many species of wild plants and crops. It is widely acknowledged that …
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