确定潮湿地恢复中的优先生态系统服务
Chloe A Jackson1, Connie L Hernandez1, Susan H Yee2
1Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Newport, OR, United States.
概括
这项研究使用了分类系统来识别来自潮湿地恢复的生态系统服务. 最常见的好处是那些重视生存的人的"自然性",强调恢复目标.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 生态系统管理 生态系统管理
背景情况:
- 分类系统有助于识别和量化生态系统恢复的关系和空间模式.
- 生态系统恢复旨在通过增强生态系统服务来改善人类健康和福祉.
- 需要标准化的方法来评估恢复工作的好处.
研究的目的:
- 提出一个系统的,自上而下的方法,在恢复决策中利用生态系统服务分类系统.
- 通过使用国家生态系统服务分类系统Plus (NESCS Plus) 来识别与潮湿地恢复相关的生态系统服务.
- 检查潮湿地恢复所带来的感知效益和受益者的区域和组织差异.
主要方法:
- 使用国家生态系统服务分类系统Plus (NESCS Plus) 来进行自上而下的分类.
- 分析了来自美国三个地区的联邦,州和保护组织的潮湿地管理文件.
- 采用自动化文档分析来量化湿地类型,受益者和生态最终产品 (EEP) 的提及.
主要成果:
- 在所有地区和组织中,最常见的组合是EEP的"自然性",有利于"关心 (存在) 的人".
- 中大西洋地区和土地管理组织对生态系统服务的提及率更高.
- 作为一个一般类别,EEPs通常与"潮湿地"有关,而不是特定的湿地类型.
结论:
- 该研究提供了一种可转移的方法,用于识别和比较恢复中的生态系统服务优先级.
- 结果可以为潮湿地恢复项目的生态系统服务相关目标的设定提供信息.
- 了解区域和组织差异对于有效的修复规划和利益实现至关重要.
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