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Spatio-temporal dynamics of grassland ecosystem services and the segmentation effects of their drivers: A case in South China Karst

Yongyao Li, Kangning Xiong, Wenfang Zhang, Shuai Xiang, Baoshan Zhang, Rong Li

Global Ecology and Conservation · 2025

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Summary

Maintaining grassland stock and improving its ecosystem services (ES) are critical yet challenging for ecological and economic sustainability. However, the diversity and spatial heterogeneity of global grasslands pose significant challenges to studying the spatio-temporal coupling characteristics of grassland area and ES changes, especially in the karst desertification control (KDC) regions. This study quantified the grassland area, grassland ES, and the elasticity of grassland ES in response to changes in grassland area within the KDC region of South China. The Moran index was applied to analyze spatio-temporal evolution characteristics, and a quantile regression model was used to explored the segmentation effects of influencing factors. Results showed that: (1) During 2000-2020, despite

Subject
Grassland & pasture systems
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03392
Catalogue ID
SNmonuuwwe-a1a9x7
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