Consistent trade-offs in ecosystem services between land covers with different production intensities.

ABSTRACT: Sustaining multiple ecosystem services across a landscape requires an understanding of how consistently services are shaped by different categories of land uses. Yet, this understanding is generally constrained by the availability of fine-resolution data for multiple services across large areas and the spatial variability of land-use effects on services. We systematically surveyed published literature for New Zealand (1970-2015) to quantify the supply of 17 non-production services across 25 land covers (as a proxy for land use). We found a consistent trade-off in the services supplied by anthropogenic land covers with a high production intensity (e.g. cropping) versus those with extensive or no production. By contrast, forest cover was not associated with any distinct patterns of service s

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Creutzberg C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8519091 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature