Response of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services to Climate Change in China: A Review
Climate change is having a significant impact on the global ecosystem and is likely to become increasingly important as this phenomenon intensifies. Numerous studies in climate change impacts on biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services in China have been published in recent decades. However,...
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| description | Climate change is having a significant impact on the global ecosystem and is likely to become increasingly important as this phenomenon intensifies. Numerous studies in climate change impacts on biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services in China have been published in recent decades. However, a comprehensive review of the topic is needed to provide an improved understanding of the history and driving mechanisms of environmental changes within the region. Here we review the evidence for changes in climate and the peer-reviewed literature that assesses climate change impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem, and ecosystem services at a China scale. Our main conclusions are as follows. (1) Most of the evidence shows that climate change (the increasing extreme events) is affecting the change of productivity, species interactions, and biological invasions, especially in the agro-pastoral transition zone and fragile ecological area in Northern China. (2) The individuals and populations respond to climate change through changes in behavior, functions, and geographic scope. (3) The impact of climate change on most types of services (provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural) in China is mainly negative and brings threats and challenges to human well-being and natural resource management, therefore, requiring costly societal adjustments. In general, although great progress has been made, the management strategies still need to be further improved. Integrating climate change into ecosystem services assessment and natural resource management is still a major challenge. Moving forward, it is necessary to evaluate and research the effectiveness of typical demonstration cases, which will contribute to better scientific management of natural resources in China and the world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed3e2e3228394abbad4ebe521ab993682023-11-23T07:58:10ZengMDPI AGEcologies2673-41332021-09-012431333110.3390/ecologies2040018Response of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services to Climate Change in China: A ReviewHaijiang Yang0Xiaohua Gou1Dingcai Yin2Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems with the Ministry of Education, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, ChinaKey Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems with the Ministry of Education, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, ChinaKey Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems with the Ministry of Education, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, ChinaClimate change is having a significant impact on the global ecosystem and is likely to become increasingly important as this phenomenon intensifies. Numerous studies in climate change impacts on biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services in China have been published in recent decades. However, a comprehensive review of the topic is needed to provide an improved understanding of the history and driving mechanisms of environmental changes within the region. Here we review the evidence for changes in climate and the peer-reviewed literature that assesses climate change impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem, and ecosystem services at a China scale. Our main conclusions are as follows. (1) Most of the evidence shows that climate change (the increasing extreme events) is affecting the change of productivity, species interactions, and biological invasions, especially in the agro-pastoral transition zone and fragile ecological area in Northern China. (2) The individuals and populations respond to climate change through changes in behavior, functions, and geographic scope. (3) The impact of climate change on most types of services (provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural) in China is mainly negative and brings threats and challenges to human well-being and natural resource management, therefore, requiring costly societal adjustments. In general, although great progress has been made, the management strategies still need to be further improved. Integrating climate change into ecosystem services assessment and natural resource management is still a major challenge. Moving forward, it is necessary to evaluate and research the effectiveness of typical demonstration cases, which will contribute to better scientific management of natural resources in China and the world.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4133/2/4/18climate changebiodiversityecosystemsecosystem servicesnatural resource management |
| spellingShingle | Haijiang Yang Xiaohua Gou Dingcai Yin Response of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services to Climate Change in China: A Review Ecologies climate change biodiversity ecosystems ecosystem services natural resource management |
| title | Response of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services to Climate Change in China: A Review |
| title_full | Response of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services to Climate Change in China: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Response of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services to Climate Change in China: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Response of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services to Climate Change in China: A Review |
| title_short | Response of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services to Climate Change in China: A Review |
| title_sort | response of biodiversity ecosystems and ecosystem services to climate change in china a review |
| topic | climate change biodiversity ecosystems ecosystem services natural resource management |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4133/2/4/18 |
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