Ecosystem services are closely related to human wellbeing - which refers to the basic material conditions required to maintain high standards of quality of life, of health, and of safety and security, as well as good social relationships, and freedom of choice and action - and have a high potential ...

The structure and stability of grassland ecosystems have a significant impact on biodiversity, material cycling and productivity for ecosystem services. However, the issue of the structure and stability of grassland ecosystems has not been systematically reviewed. Based on the Web of Science (WOS)...

The stability of the river ecosystem can determine the health status of the river. And evolutionary driving forces of river ecosystem can reflect the useful information that the river basin disturbance response to the river, which can provide a theoretical basis for the protection and management of ...

Hydraulic Engineering Infrastructure Projects (HEIPs) typically show profound effects on hydrological systems and ecosystems. However, data restrictions have limited the exploration of the influences of compound HEIPs on ecosystems to a few studies. This study proposes a watershed-wide ecosystem...

Dryland ecosystems occupy a vast swath of the terrestrial land surface and exert a sizeable impact on the cycling of carbon and water globally. These biomes are characterized by tightly coupled carbon and water cycles that respond rapidly to transient pulses in water availability. However, there...

Mountains provide people with water conservation, soil conservation, climate regulation, biodiversity maintenance, product supply, and other ecosystem services. These ecosystem services are irreplaceable. Research on the characteristics of cold/hot spots of ecosystem services is of great...

Assessing ecosystem risk is crucial to ecosystem management and to achieving the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C or 2.0°C global warming targets, but the spatial pattern and drivers of ecosystem risk are highly controversial. By simulating China's ecosystem water use efficiency using the Lund-Potsdam-Jena...

Global biodiversity and ecosystem service models typically operate independently. Ecosystem service projections may therefore be overly optimistic because they do not always account for the role of biodiversity in maintaining ecological functions. We review models used in recent global model...

Although Tansley originally proposed the ecosystem concept in 1935, ecosystem science underwent significant development in the last 20 years, as in this period it has been consolidated with concepts and methods arisen in convergent disciplines, such as ecosystem genetics, ecological stoichiometry,...

The contributions of the structure and functions of the ecosystem to human welfare are defined as ecosystem services. Soils provide a wide range of goods and services called ecosystem services, such as provisioning (e.g., freshwater, wood, food, and fiber), regulating (e.g., climate, erosion, and...