生态系统服务的界限:需要区分生态系统服务和地缘系统服务
Haojie Chen1, Matthew R Sloggy2, Francisco Escobedo2
1Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, U.S. Department of Energy, Riverside, CA 92507, USA; Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Riverside, CA 92507, USA.
Journal of environmental management
|June 4, 2024
概括
地质系统服务 (GSs) 和生态系统服务 (ESs) 是不同的,但相互关联的. 并非所有GS都是ES,因为ES特别依赖生态功能和生物元素来为人类带来好处.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
背景情况:
- 地质系统服务 (GS) 和生态系统服务 (ES) 代表了大自然对人类福祉的贡献.
- 讨论了GS和ES之间的关系,特别是GS是否是ES子集.
- 生态特征的定义往往侧重于生态功能,过程或特征所带来的好处,这些好处受生物元素的影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了澄清地质系统服务和生态系统服务之间的关系和区别.
- 为了解决关于ES和其他基于自然的利益之间的界限的批评.
- 建立一个框架来分类自然的好处,以促进沟通和管理.
主要方法:
- 对GS和ES的现有定义和界限进行概念分析和批判性审查.
- 检查生物和非生物元素在提供自然利益方面的作用.
- 案例示例说明了基于特定标准将GS集成到ES中.
主要成果:
- GS不一定是ES的子集;分类取决于ES的定义.
- 生物特征被定义为受生物元素影响的生态功能带来的好处,尽管非生物因素也发挥着作用.
- 某些GS,如地质结构的防洪保护,如果受到生物元素的影响,可以被归类为ES.
结论:
- 区分GS和ES并不能否定它们的相互联系或低估性质.
- 清晰的分类有助于沟通,管理,教育,研究和制定有关自然利益的政策.
- 突出自然贡献的多样性对于有效的环境管理至关重要.
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