Ecosystem service trade-offs and their influencing factors: A case study in the Loess Plateau of China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 607-608, Issue , 2017, Pages 1250-1263

  Feng, Qiang ^a,c   Zhao, Wenwu ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a,b   Ding, Jingyi ^a   Wang, Shuai ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Ecosystem services relationship; Environmental factors; Soil erosion control; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE CONTROL; REFORESTATION; SEDIMENTS; SILT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INFLUENCE OF VEGETATIONS; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS (RDA); ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA; SOIL EROSION CONTROLS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EROSION CONTROL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE TRADE OFF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASS; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SAND; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHED; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HIPPOPHAE; POACEAE; ROBINIA; SOIL;

ANSAI; CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

CARAGANA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; HIPPOPHAE; POACEAE; ROBINIA; SOIL;

EID: 85024389817     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.079     Document Type: Article

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