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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Ecol. Evol.
Sec. Models in Ecology and Evolution
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1443683

Spatial and temporal characterization of critical ecosystem services in China's terrestrial area, 2000-2020: trade-off synergies, driving mechanisms and functional zoning

Provisionally accepted
Jixing Huang Jixing Huang 1Shuqi Yang Shuqi Yang 1*Weihan Zhu Weihan Zhu 1*Jinhuang Lin Jinhuang Lin 1*Yanping Zhu Yanping Zhu 1*Jie Ren Jie Ren 2*Yongwu Dai Yongwu Dai 1*An Zhang An Zhang 3
  • 1 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
  • 2 Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Region, China
  • 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, Beijing, China

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    Ecosystem service functions are essential to regional ecosystem health management, clarifying the Spatial and temporal trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services in terrestrial ecosystems and their driving mechanisms is important for ensuring sustainable, high-quality development and ecological security of the nation's socio-economy. Through the InVEST model, this paper constructs spatial quantification models for water yield, soil and water conservation, food supply, habitat quality, and carbon sequestration. These five key ecosystem services functions in China's terrestrial ecosystems from 2000 to 2020, and aim to explore the trade-offs/synergies, influence factors and the national spatial ecological functional zoning and control strategies of ecosystem services in China. This is beneficial for developing diverse ecological restoration strategies, establishing robust crossregional coordination mechanisms, implementing differentiated ecological management strategies, and contributing to the construction of a Beautiful China. The results indicate that: (1) during 2000-2020, China's food supply and soil conservation have increased. However, the habitat quality, water conservation, and carbon sequestration have decreased. (2) Significant spatial and temporal heterogeneities exist in the key ecosystem services of China's terrestrial ecosystems. (3) Natural, economic, and social factors all impact China's terrestrial key ecosystem services. Among them, slope, annual average precipitation, land development intensity, and vegetation coverage are the main influencing factors, and different factors exhibit significant spatial heterogeneity. (4) Significant trade-offs/synergy effects among critical terrestrial ecosystem services exist in China. (5) China's national territory is divided into four ecological protection functional zones: ecological restoration areas, ecological control areas, resilient development areas, and ecological conservation areas, and explores differentiated zoning optimization control paths.

    Keywords: ecosystem services, Driving Mechanisms, Geodetector, Geographically weighted regression, Trade-offs and synergies

    Received: 04 Jun 2024; Accepted: 08 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Huang, Yang, Zhu, Lin, Zhu, Ren, Dai and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Shuqi Yang, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
    Weihan Zhu, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
    Jinhuang Lin, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
    Yanping Zhu, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
    Jie Ren, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 130012, Guangxi Zhuang Region, China
    Yongwu Dai, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

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