Spatial multi-scale relationships of ecosystem services: A case study using a geostatistical methodology.

ABSTRACT: Adequately understanding the spatial multi-scale relationships of ecosystem services (ES) is an important step for environmental management decision-making. Here, we used spatially explicit methods to estimate five critical ES (nitrogen and phosphorous purifications, crop production, water supply and soil retention) related to non-point source (NPS) pollution in the Taihu Basin region of eastern China. Then a factorial kriging analysis and stepwise multiple regression were performed to identify the spatial multi-scale relationships of ES and their dominant factors at each scale. The spatial variations in ES were characterized at the 12 km and 83 km scales and the result indicated that the relationships of these services were scale dependent. It was inferred that at the 12 km scale, ES were

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5573410 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature