Ecosystem services of human-dominated watersheds and land use influences: a case study from the Dianchi Lake watershed in China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Hou, Ying ^a,b   Li, Bo ^b   Müller, Felix ^c   Chen, Weiping ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human environment interaction; InVEST; Maps; Modeling; Quantification; Spatial variations

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; HOUSING; LAKES; LAND USE; MAPS; MODELS; NITROGEN; RURAL AREAS; WATERSHEDS;

DIFFERENT LAND USE TYPES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUES; HUMAN-DOMINATED WATERSHEDS; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INVEST; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTIFICATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCULATION; CASE STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAND USE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; NITROGEN RETENTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKE;

CHINA; DIANCHI LAKE; YUNNAN;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; LAKES;

EID: 85013339778     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5629-0     Document Type: Article

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