Future impacts of changing land-use and climate on ecosystem services of mountain grassland and their resilience.

ABSTRACT: Although the ecosystem services provided by mountain grasslands have been demonstrated to be highly vulnerable to environmental and management changes in the past, it remains unclear how they will be affected in the face of a combination of further land-use/cover changes and accelerating climate change. Moreover, the resilience of ecosystem services has not been sufficiently analysed under future scenarios. This study aimed to assess future impacts on multiple mountain grassland ecosystem services and their resilience. For a study area in the Central Alps (Stubai Valley, Austria), six ecosystem services were quantified using plant trait-based models for current and future conditions (in 2050 and 2100) considering three socio-economic scenarios. Under all scenarios, the greatest changes in

SUBMITTER: Schirpke U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6525093 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature