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1. An assessment of the impacts of climate extremes on the vegetation in Mongolian Plateau: Using a scenarios-based analysis to support regional adaptation and mitigation options

Author:
Li, Chunlan; Filho, Walter Leal; Wang, Jun; Yin, Jie; Fedoruk, Mariia; Bao, Gang; Bao, Yuhai; Yin, Shan; Yu, Shan; Hu, Richa
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 805-814
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
agricultural land; animals; climate; climate change; ecosystems; environmental indicators; forests; grasses; grasslands; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; international cooperation; planting; water resources; Central Asia; China; Mongolia
Abstract:
... Climate change is known to have an impact on the vegetation and on the well-being of ecosystems. Whereas there is a limited number of studies which have assessed historical vegetation changes in the Mongolian Plateau (MP), there are even fewer considering future changes. This paper therefore fills a gap in the literature, by investigating such changes in temporal and spatial scales, and by assessi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.08.031

2. Anthropogenic contributions dominate trends of vegetation cover change over the farming-pastoral ecotone of northern China

Author:
Liu, Zhengjia; Liu, Yansui; Li, Yurui
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 370-378
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
atmospheric precipitation; climatic factors; ecosystem engineering; ecosystems; ecotones; humans; land use change; models; normalized difference vegetation index; solar radiation; statistics; temperature; vegetation cover; China
Abstract:
... Separating anthropogenic contributions from observed vegetation change is helpful for improving our understanding of the effects of human activities on regional ecosystems. In this study, using 1982–2015 GIMMS3g normal difference vegetation index (observed NDVI), monthly climatic variables and land use data, we investigated anthropogenic contributions on vegetation change in the farming-pastoral e ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.063

3. Applicability of butterfly transect counts to estimate species richness in different parts of the palaearctic region

Author:
Zhang, Chensheng; Harpke, Alexander; Kühn, Elisabeth; Páramo, Ferran; Settele, Josef; Stefanescu, Constantí; Wiemers, Martin; Zhang, Yalin; Schweiger, Oliver
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 735-740
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
Palearctic region; biogeography; butterflies; canopy; environmental indicators; fauna; land use; rare species; species diversity; China; Germany; Spain
Abstract:
... Transect counts are one of the most popular approaches to assess and monitor butterfly diversity, especially with the background of biodiversity loss. This method was developed in Europe, but its transferability is seldom tested across the world. To assess transferability, we compared butterfly richness estimates based on transect counts in Spain, Germany and central China, a region with a conside ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.08.027

4. Assessing the adaptability of alien (Larix kaempferi) and native (Pinus armandii) tree species at the Baiyunshan Mountain, central China

Author:
Peng, Kunyu; Peng, Jianfeng; Huo, Jiaxin; Yang, Liu
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 108-116
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
Larix kaempferi; Pinus armandii; climatic factors; conservation areas; drought; environmental indicators; forest stands; growing season; growth rings; introduced species; temperature; tree growth; trees; China
Abstract:
... The tree-ring samples of alien Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi, BYL) and native Chinese white pine (Pinus armandii, MSY) were collected from the Baiyunshan National Nature Reserve, central China. Linear fitting reveals reduced growth of the two tree-species, in particular a sharp reduction in 2004 yr for BYL. The growth pattern indicates that they hold high homogeneity of forest stands and regiona ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.023

5. Carbon footprint of dryland winter wheat under film mulching during summer-fallow season and sowing method on the Loess Plateau

Author:
Xue, Jian-Fu; Yuan, Ya-Qi; Zhang, Hai-Lin; Ren, Ai-Xia; Lin, Wen; Sun, Min; Gao, Zhi-Qiang; Sun, Da-Sheng
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 12-20
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
Triticum aestivum; arid lands; carbon; carbon footprint; crop production; environmental indicators; fallow; fertilizers; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; mulching; sowing; summer; winter wheat; China
Abstract:
... To identify more carbon (C)-friendly agricultural technology, we studied the coupling impact of film mulching during summer fallow and sowing method on carbon footprint (CF) of dryland winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) on the Loess Plateau. From 2011 to 2014, a two-factor split block design was conducted with the following treatments: water-permeable film mulching in the summer fallow season (FM ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.024

6. Changes and driving mechanism of water footprint scarcity in crop production: A study of Jiangsu Province, China

Author:
Cao, Xinchun; Huang, Xuan; Huang, He; Liu, Jing; Guo, Xiangping; Wang, Weiguang; She, Dongli
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 444-454
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
agricultural products; crop production; cultivars; environmental indicators; industry; irrigation; issues and policy; production technology; social factors; trade; virtual water; water management; water shortages; water stress; China
Abstract:
... The mitigation of water stress in crop production is important for relieving the growing global water shortage. The water footprint scarcity (WFS) for regional water stress evaluation integrating blue and green water resources and the water footprint of the crop production industry were developed in this paper. Three subregions in China, industry-based southern Jiangsu (SJS), agriculture-based nor ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.059

7. Decoupling of CO2 emissions and GDP: A time-varying cointegration approach

Author:
Mikayilov, Jeyhun I.; Hasanov, Fakhri J.; Galeotti, Marzio
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 615-628
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
carbon; carbon dioxide; developed countries; economists; empirical research; environmental economics; environmental indicators; global warming; greenhouse gas emissions; income elasticities; issues and policy; protocols; sustainable development; China; Russia; United States; Western European region
Abstract:
... The relationship between CO2 emissions, the main gas responsible for global warming, and economic growth is among the most studied themes of environmental economics. Reducing overall emissions while keeping a high pace of economic development is at the heart of the sustainable development concept. When emissions grow less rapidly than GDP environmental economists speak of relative decoupling; if e ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.051

8. Dynamics of grassland carbon sequestration and its coupling relation with hydrothermal factor of Inner Mongolia

Author:
Zhou, Wei; Yang, Han; Zhou, Liang; Chen, Yizhao; Huang, Lu; Ju, Weimin
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 1-11
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
carbon; carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; climatic factors; ecological restoration; ecosystem engineering; environmental indicators; grasslands; issues and policy; models; net ecosystem production; temperature; terrestrial ecosystems; China
Abstract:
... Grassland carbon (C) sink/source evaluation is important to terrestrial ecosystem C cycling research. In this paper, boreal ecosystem productivity simulator (BEPS) model was used to simulate the net ecosystem productivity (NEP) of Inner Mongolia (IM) from 1982 to 2008. The coupling relation between NEP and climate factors was then explored. Results showed that the mean annual value of grassland NE ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.008

9. Eco-exergy based self-organization of the macrobenthic faunal assemblage during mangrove succession in Zhanjiang, China

Author:
Chen, Quan; Zhao, Qian; Chen, Pimao; Lu, Hongfang; Jian, Shuguang
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 887-894
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
arthropods; plant density; molluscs; ammonium nitrogen; sediments; wet season; fauna; exergy; chronosequences; dry season; statistical analysis; biomass; species richness; wetlands; Aegiceras corniculatum; mangrove forests; Rhizophora stylosa; physicochemical properties; Avicennia marina; Bruguiera gymnorhiza; environmental indicators; China
Abstract:
... Eco-exergy (ecological exergy) has been used to evaluate the health and self-organization of aquatic and wetland ecosystems following perturbation or natural succession. Although macrobenthic fauna are important components of mangrove ecosystems, their self-organization during mangrove succession is unclear. In this study, eco-exergy was used to quantify the self-organization processes of macroben ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.08.044

10. Ecological and economic analyses of the forest metabolism system: A case study of Guangdong Province, China

Author:
Zhang, Xin; Huang, Guohe; Liu, Lirong; Zhai, Mengyu; Li, Jizhe
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 131-140
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
case studies; decision making; economic analysis; economic development; environmental indicators; forest resources; forestry; forests; manufacturing; metabolism; models; mutualism; papermaking; socioeconomics; China
Abstract:
... Integrating forest resources into the socio-economic system correctly and reasonably is of vital importance to tackle the increasingly scarce forest resources. In this paper, forest resource input-output model and forest resource metabolism network model are established to provide new insights into the relationships among the systems, industries and sectors related to forest resources. A promising ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.022

11. Exploring the driving forces of farmland loss under rapidurbanization using binary logistic regression and spatial regression: A case study of Shanghai and Hangzhou Bay

Author:
Xiao, Rui; Liu, Yue; Huang, Xin; Shi, Ruixing; Yu, Weixuan; Zhang, Tao
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 455-467
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
agricultural land; case studies; cities; coasts; environmental indicators; issues and policy; models; railroads; regression analysis; roads; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... The unprecedented accelerating urbanization in China has led to a sharp decline in cultivated land. In this paper, the dynamics of farmland patterns during three periods (1994–2003, 2003–2009, 2009–2015) in the Shanghai and Hangzhou Bay (SHB) area are exhibited by dynamic change models and standard deviation ellipse analysis. Additionally, further detection of the determinants of farmland loss is ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.057

12. Quantifying the spatial patterns of urban carbon metabolism: A case study of Hangzhou, China

Author:
Xia, Chuyu; Li, Yan; Xu, Tingbao; Ye, Yanmei; Shi, Zhou; Peng, Yuan; Liu, Jingming
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 474-484
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
carbon; carbon metabolism; carbon sequestration; case studies; cities; emissions; environmental indicators; industrial sites; land use change; material flow analysis; mountains; regression analysis; urban planning; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... With rapid urbanization in China, there is an urgent need to better understand spatial patterns of cities’ carbon transitions in urban metabolism processes and to explore ways to achieve low carbon cities through sustainable urban planning. In this study, we took Hangzhou City as an example, and firstly analyzed changes in carbon emission and sequestration based on land use types, using data with ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.053

13. Spatial and temporal variability of grassland yield and its response to climate change and anthropogenic activities on the Tibetan Plateau from 1988 to 2013

Author:
Zhang, Haiyan; Fan, Jiangwen; Wang, Junbang; Cao, Wei; Harris, Warwick
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 141-151
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
alpine grasslands; alpine meadows; altitude; anthropogenic activities; atmospheric precipitation; climate; climate change; data collection; ecosystems; environmental indicators; grassland restoration; grazing intensity; herd size; income; models; phytomass; quantitative analysis; soil; spatial data; spatial variation; temperature; temporal variation; China
Abstract:
... Accurate and periodic assessment of grassland yield (GY) is of great importance for the management of high altitude plateau grasslands. The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a very important pastoral area that provides a microcosm of typical alpine grassland ecosystems. Based on remote sensing data, meteorological datasets and observational plant biomass data, we used the Global Production Efficiency Model ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.088

14. Spatial and temporal variations in surface soil moisture and vegetation cover in the Loess Plateau from 2000 to 2015

Author:
Wang, Xuhu; Wang, Baitian; Xu, Xianying; Liu, Tao; Duan, Yuanjun; Zhao, Yao
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 320-330
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
environmental indicators; land restoration; soil water; soil water content; temporal variation; vegetation cover; China
Abstract:
... The “Grain for Green” project utilizes large-scale revegetation to improve the local environment in the Loess Plateau. Understanding the trends in the variations in soil moisture content (SMC) and vegetation after the implementation of this project is necessary. This study examined the spatial and temporal variations in SMC and vegetation cover in the Loess Plateau after 1999. Furthermore, interac ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.058

15. Spatial correction of ecosystem service value and the evaluation of eco-efficiency: A case for China’s provincial level

Author:
Xing, Lu; Xue, Minggao; Wang, Xiaoyan
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 841-850
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
coasts; development policy; eco-efficiency; ecosystem services; environmental indicators; gross domestic product; models; socioeconomic development; socioeconomics; sustainable development; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... While bringing socio-economic prosperity, rapid urbanization exerts severely impacts on the ecosystem service functions, resulting in unsustainable development. However, the loss of ecosystem services resulting from urbanization are seldom considered in regional sustainable development assessment. This paper aims to apply a super-efficiency slacks-based model (S-SBM) to evaluate the eco-efficiency ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.08.033

16. Spatial-temporal changes of urban areas and terrestrial carbon storage in the Three Gorges Reservoir in China

Author:
Wang, Jinzhu; Zhang, Qian; Gou, Taoji; Mo, Jianbing; Wang, Zifang; Gao, Ming
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 343-352
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
carbon sequestration; ecosystem services; environmental indicators; land use; models; soil organic carbon; terrestrial ecosystems; urban areas; urbanization; China
Abstract:
... Terrestrial carbon (C) is an important element in terrestrial ecosystems. However, urban development reduces terrestrial C storage causing damage to local ecosystems. Toward this end, this research has investigated the C loss caused by urban expansion in the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), China. The Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) model was adopted to simulate a future land use map in the year 2025. T ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.06.036

17. Spatiotemporal interaction between ecosystem services and urbanization: Case study of Nanjing City, China

Author:
Yuan, Yujie; Wu, Shaohua; Yu, Yanna; Tong, Guijie; Mo, Lijia; Yan, Daohao; Li, Fufu
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 917-929
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
autocorrelation; case studies; decision making; development planning; ecosystem services; ecosystems; energy; environmental indicators; food availability; humans; land use; river deltas; sustainable development; urbanization; China; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Ecosystem services (ES) are benefits derived from ecosystems and have great significance in sustainable development. Rapid transformations of materials, energy and information flow in ecosystems are impacted by urbanization. Some pressures damage the balance of the ecosystem, such as transformations of land use and changes to industrial structure. Therefore, a clear understanding of the relationsh ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.056

18. Spatio-temporal investigation of the interactive relationship between urbanization and ecosystem services: Case study of the Jingjinji urban agglomeration, China

Author:
Zhou, Dingyang; Tian, Yingying; Jiang, Guanghui
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 152-164
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
case studies; cities; ecological function; ecosystem services; environmental indicators; food production; forests; landscapes; mountains; orchards; planning; urbanization; waste treatment; China
Abstract:
... Urbanization has altered landscape patterns and ecological functions, which has caused a decline in ecosystem services (ESS) and resulted in many ecological and environmental issues, particularly in areas that are undergoing rapid urbanization. A better understanding of the relationship between urbanization and ESS is important for future regional sustainability and relevant policy development. Mo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.007

19. Structural optimization for industrial sectors to achieve the targets of energy intensity mitigation in the urban cluster of the Pearl River Delta

Author:
Yue, Wencong; Cai, Yanpeng; Yang, Zhifeng; Rong, Qiangqiang; Dang, Zhi
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 673-686
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
case studies; cities; decision making; energy; environmental indicators; financial economics; manufacturing; models; risk; risk analysis; river deltas; rivers; China
Abstract:
... An integrated approach was developed through incorporating a copula-based violation risk analysis into a programming model for optimizing industrial structures of urban clusters in uncertain conditions. Also, this approach can be used to support decision making about promoting advanced manufacturing sectors (AMSs) and mitigating industrial energy intensity. The advantages and the improvements of t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.08.009

20. Trend analysis and forecast of PM2.5 in Fuzhou, China using the ARIMA model

Author:
Zhang, Lanyi; Lin, Jane; Qiu, Rongzu; Hu, Xisheng; Zhang, Huihui; Chen, Qingyao; Tan, Huamei; Lin, Danting; Wang, Jiankai
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.95 pp. 702-710
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
air quality; cities; environmental indicators; environmental monitoring; meteorological parameters; models; nitrogen dioxide; particulates; pollutants; seasonal variation; sulfur dioxide; time series analysis; China
Abstract:
... Atmospheric haze from particulate matter has become a major health concern in many large and medium-sized cities of China. Fine airborne particles, PM2.5, are a major component of haze, and the reasons for their fluctuating concentrations need to be better understood to improve air quality. While much of the air quality data from the China National Environmental Monitoring Centre (CNEMC) has alrea ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.08.032