Journal
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 106-115Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2530
Keywords
ecosystem service; land-use; variation; Charchan Oasis; Xinjiang; northwest China
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41161033, 41361098]
- Xinjiang University Xinjiang Autonomous Region of Oasis Ecology (Ministry of Education, Provincial Department Building) Key Laboratory of topics [XJDX0206-2011-04]
- Xinjiang University Joint Schools and Colleges Foundation [XY080133]
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Changes in land use and land cover are known to impact ecosystem services and functions. In this study, land use characteristics were combined with global and China-specific ecosystem coefficients to quantify land-use and ecosystem service changes in Charchan Oasis. Results indicated that: (i) the total values of ecosystem services in Charchan Oasis were increased 84M$ from 1972 to 2013; (ii) the aggregated ecosystem service values for water bodies, grasslands, forest lands, and barren lands were 9890% of the total value for all land types; (iii) waste treatment, soil formation, biodiversity protection, and water supply were ecological functions with the highest service values, contributing approximately 65% of the total service values; and (iv) ecosystem service values estimated in this study were inelastic with respect to the value coefficients, therefore, the estimation results were believable. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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