Effects of Grazing on Above- vs. Below-Ground Biomass Allocation of Alpine Grasslands on the Northern Tibetan Plateau. by Chaoxu Zeng, Jianshuang Wu, Xianzhou Zhang

“…Biomass allocation is an essential concept for understanding above- vs. below-ground functions and for predicting the dynamics of community structure and ecosystem service under ongoing climate change. There is rare available knowledge of grazing effects on biomass allocation in multiple zonal alpine grassland types along climatic gradients across the Northern Tibetan Plateau. …”
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Soil Erosion Assessment in Wood Pastures and Tree-Less Pastures (A Case Study: Hârtibaciului Tableland) by Ficuț Cristina-Alina, Măcicășan Vlad, Maloș Cristian-Valeriu, Muntean Octavian-Liviu, Roşian Gheorghe, Hartel Tibor

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What evidence exists on the relationship between agricultural production and biodiversity in tropical rainforest areas? A systematic map protocol by Apriyani, Via, Holle, Mukhlish J M, Silangen, Christian, Oktalira, Fitria T., Mumbunan, Sonny

“…Consequently, threats to biodiversity are inevitable and will likely affect the ecosystem service provisions necessary for the agricultural process. …”
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What evidence exists on the relationship between agricultural production and biodiversity in tropical rainforest areas? A systematic map protocol by Apriyani, V, Holle, MJM, Silangen, C, Oktalira, FT, Mumbunan, S

“…Consequently, threats to biodiversity are inevitable and will likely affect the ecosystem service provisions necessary for the agricultural process. …”

Soil eutrophication shaped the composition of pollinator assemblages during the past century by Carvalheiro, L, Biesmeijer, J, Franzén, M, Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, J, Garibaldi, L, Helm, A, Michez, D, Pöyry, J, Reemer, M, Schweiger, O, Leon Van Den, B, Wallisdevries, M, Kunin, W

“…Consequently, species tolerances to soil nitrogen levels should be considered across all trophic levels in management plans that aim to halt biodiversity loss and enhance ecosystems services worldwide. …”

Insectivorous bats in Indian rice fields respond to moonlight, temperature, and insect activity by Bhalla, IS, Razgour, O, Rigal, F, Whittaker, R

“…Our findings suggest that bats in rice fields are tracking insects over a season and within a night, pointing to a valuable ecosystem service in Indian agriculture that is yet to be quantified.…”

Safeguarding what and for whom? The role of institutional fit in shaping REDD+ in Mexico by McDermott, C, Ituarte-Lima, C

“…We found a good fit in the case study ejido between REDD+ and the Payment for Ecosystem service (PES) scheme, which sets the parameters for what counts as “sustainable livelihoods” within a strict conservation paradigm. …”

Distribution of bumblebees across Europe by Chiara Polce, Joachim Maes, Xavier Rotllan-Puig, Denis Michez, Leopoldo Castro, Bjorn Cederberg, Libor Dvorak, Úna Fitzpatrick, Frederic Francis, Johann Neumayer, Aulo Manino, Juho Paukkunen, Tadeusz Pawlikowski, Stuart Roberts, Jakub Straka, Pierre Rasmont

“…These distributions were used to estimate the value of pollination as an ecosystem service. In light of the recent European Pollinators Initiative, this paper provides valuable information for a better understanding of where wild pollinators occur and it should be extended to other pollinator species.…”
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Analyzing Wetland Dynamics Using Geospatial Techniques: A Case of Abay Choman and Jimma Geneti Watershed, Horo Guduru Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia by Mitiku Badasa Moisa, Tadesse Weyuma Bulto, Birhanu Chalchisa Werku, Yifru Waktole Berkessa, Abdella Kosa Chebo, Daniel Assefa Negash, Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda

“…Wetland ecosystems are one of the most important areas that provides different ecosystems services as well as habitat for plant and animal species. …”
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Vertical organization of microbial communities in Salineta hypersaline wetland, Spain by Zeina Bourhane, Christine Cagnon, Carmen Castañeda, Rafael Rodríguez-Ochoa, Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes, Cristiana Cravo-Laureau, Robert Duran

“…Microbial communities inhabiting hypersaline wetlands, well adapted to the environmental fluctuations due to flooding and desiccation events, play a key role in the biogeochemical cycles, ensuring ecosystem service. To better understand the ecosystem functioning, we studied soil microbial communities of Salineta wetland (NE Spain) in dry and wet seasons in three different landscape stations representing situations characteristic of ephemeral saline lakes: S1 soil usually submerged, S2 soil intermittently flooded, and S3 soil with halophytes. …”
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Developing a more complete understanding of tropical montane forest disturbance ecology through landslide research by Cathryn A. Freund, Cathryn A. Freund, Cathryn A. Freund, Miles R. Silman, Miles R. Silman

“…We focus exclusively on the Andes due to the vast floral diversity and high endemicity of the tropical Andes biodiversity hotspot, and its importance for global biodiversity and regional ecosystem service provisioning; the broad elevational, latitudinal, and topographic gradients across which landslide dynamics play out; and the existence of long-term plot networks that provide the necessary baseline data on mature forest structure, composition, and functioning to contextualize disturbance impacts. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of grazing intensity impacts alpine grasslands across the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: A meta-analysis by Zhenchao Zhang, Yiran Zhao, Hao Lin, Yanpeng Li, Jinmin Fu, Yingxin Wang, Juan Sun, Yanhua Zhao

“…Livestock grazing is a dominant practice in alpine grasslands and plays a crucial role in the ecosystem service of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The effects of grazing on alpine grasslands highly depends on grazing intensity. …”
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A new framework for identifying ecological conservation and restoration areas to enhance carbon storage by Long Li, Xianjin Huang, Hong Yang

“…In this research, we proposed a new framework for identifying ECRAs by incorporating future carbon storage changes into ecological security patterns (ESPs), including several models of the Patch-generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS), Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Service and Tradeoffs (InVEST), Minimum Cumulative Resistance (MCR) and circuit theory. …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of Land Use and Carbon Stock in Shanghai by Di Xu, Chuanqing Yu, Wenpeng Lin, Jiang Yao, Wenying Zhou

“…This investigation synergizes a predictive land use change model (Logistic-CA-Markov) with an ecosystem service quantification framework (InVEST), aiming to delineate the interplay between SOC variability and Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) under natural development and ecological protection scenarios. …”
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Diversity and composition of flower-visiting insects and related factors in three fruit tree species by Shoko Nakamura, Hisatomo Taki, Tomonori Arai, Ken Funayama, Shunsuke Furihata, Yuki Furui, Takamasa Ikeda, Hiromitsu Inoue, Kiyohiko Kagawa, Hidenari Kishimoto, Mitsuko Kohyama, Michiyo Komatsu, Akihiro Konuma, Ken Nakada, Suguru Nakamura, Nobuo Sawamura, Shoji Sonoda, Masahiro Sueyoshi, Seishi Toda, Katsuhiko Yaginuma, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Koki Yoshida, Tomoyuki Yokoi, Masatoshi Toyama

“…Animal-mediated pollination is an essential ecosystem service for the production of many fruit trees. …”
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Spatio-temporal assessing of natural vegetation regulation on SO2 absorption coupling ecosystem process model and OMI satellite data by Fen Zhao, Peng Yang, Renqiang Li, Hua Shang, Lang Xia, Mengmeng Hu, Ming Xu

“…Our results showed that the annual average SO _2 absorption of the natural ecosystems in Qinghai Province was 4.74 × 10 ^4 tons yr ^−1 from 2005 to 2018, accounting for about 40% of the total emissions. Spatially, the ecosystem service of SO _2 absorption gradually decreased from southeast to northwest, and varied from 0 in Haixi state to 14.37 kg SO _2 ha ^−1 yr ^−1 in Haibei state. …”
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Spatial Distribution of Available Trace Metals in Four Typical Mediterranean Soils: The Caia Irrigation Perimeter Case Study by José Telo da Gama, Luis Loures, António López-Piñeiro, José Rato Nunes

“…This environmental impact assessment suggests that the land use is departing from sustainable ecosystem service development and that territorial management practices, with conservation goals in mind, should be adopted.…”
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Comparative Research on River Basin Management in the Sagami River Basin (Japan) and the Muda River Basin (Malaysia) by Lay Mei Sim, Akio Onishi, Olivier Gervais, Ngai Weng Chan

“…Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approaches such as the introduction of payments for ecosystems services and the development of river basin organization in the Muda River Basin should take place in the spirit of political willingness.…”
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Integrated assessment of land-use/land-cover dynamics on carbon storage services in the Loess Plateau of China from 1995 to 2050 by Youjia Liang, Shizuka Hashimoto, Lijun Liu

“…The integrated valuation of the ecosystem service and tradeoffs (InVEST) carbon storage model and statistical methods were then used to assess spatiotemporal changes in the regional carbon storage associated with LULC dynamics. …”
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Winter cover crop root biomass yield in corn and soybean systems by Sabrina J. Ruis, Humberto Blanco‐Canqui, Katja Koehler‐Cole, Paul J. Jasa, Glen Slater, Roger W. Elmore, Richard B. Ferguson

“…Abstract Cover crop (CC) roots are critical for soil ecosystem service delivery including soil stabilization, C and nutrient cycling, soil health improvement, and others. …”
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