Ecosystem Services

2012 - 2025

Current editor(s): Leon C Braat

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Volume 28, issue PB, 2017

The relevance of cross-scale connections and spatial interactions for ecosystem service delivery by protected areas: Insights from southern Africa pp. 133-139

Ans De Vos, G.S. Cumming and D.J. Roux

Beyond benefit sharing: Place attachment and the importance of access to protected areas for surrounding communities pp. 140-148

Georgina Cundill, Joana Carlos Bezerra, Alta De Vos and Nokuthula Ntingana

Adventure racing enables access to cultural ecosystem services at multiple scales pp. 149-161

M. Kyle S. Smith, Dirk J. Roux and Jessica Hayes

Tracing the cost/benefit pathway of protected areas: A case study of the Kruger National Park, South Africa pp. 162-172

Louise Swemmer, Helen Mmethi and Wayne Twine

Cross-scale governance and ecosystem service delivery: A case narrative from the Olifants River in north-eastern South Africa pp. 173-184

H.C. Biggs, J.K. Clifford-Holmes, S. Freitag, F.J. Venter and J. Venter

Urban national parks in the global South: Linking management perceptions, policies and practices to water-related ecosystem services pp. 185-195

Gregg Brill, Pippin Anderson and Patrick O'Farrell

Patterns and perceived sustainability of provisioning ecosystem services on the edge of a protected area in times of crisis pp. 196-206

Chloé Guerbois and Hervé Fritz

Expanding the protected area network in Namibia: An institutional analysis pp. 207-218

Lelani M. Mannetti, Thomas Göttert, Ulrich Zeller and Karen J. Esler

Reconciling community ecology and ecosystem services: Cultural services and benefits from birds in South African National Parks pp. 219-227

Graeme S. Cumming and Kristine Maciejewski

Manager strategies and user demands: Determinants of cultural ecosystem service bundles on private protected areas pp. 228-237

Hayley S. Clements and Graeme S. Cumming

Protected areas as outdoor classrooms and global laboratories: Intellectual ecosystem services flowing to-and-from a National Park pp. 238-250

Izak P.J. Smit, Dirk J. Roux, Louise K. Swemmer, Nelius Boshoff and Peter Novellie

Strategic water source areas for urban water security: Making the connection between protecting ecosystems and benefiting from their services pp. 251-259

Jeanne L. Nel, David C. Le Maitre, Dirk J. Roux, Christine Colvin, Janis S. Smith, Lindie B. Smith-Adao, Ashton Maherry and Nadia Sitas

Volume 28, issue PA, 2017

Twenty years of ecosystem services: How far have we come and how far do we still need to go? pp. 1-16

Robert Costanza, Rudolf de Groot, Leon Braat, Ida Kubiszewski, Lorenzo Fioramonti, Paul Sutton, Steve Farber and Monica Grasso

Monetary value of urban green space as an ecosystem service provider: A case study of urban runoff management in Finland pp. 17-27

Sveta Silvennoinen, Maija Taka, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen, Harri Koivusalo, Markku Ollikainen and Heikki Setälä

Modelling feedback processes underpinning management of ecosystem services: The role of participatory systems mapping pp. 28-42

Rita Lopes and Nuno Videira

Mechanisms mediating the contribution of ecosystem services to human well-being and resilience pp. 43-54

Giacomo Fedele, Bruno Locatelli and Houria Djoudi

Challenges for developing Forest Stewardship Council certification for ecosystem services: How to enhance local adoption? pp. 55-66

Sini Savilaakso and Manuel R. Guariguata

Trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services under different forest management scenarios – The LEcA tool pp. 67-79

Xi Pang, Eva-Maria Nordström, Hannes Böttcher, Renats Trubins and Ulla Mörtberg

Citizen science for assessing ecosystem services: Status, challenges and opportunities pp. 80-94

Matthias Schröter, Roland Kraemer, Martin Mantel, Nadja Kabisch, Susanne Hecker, Anett Richter, Veronika Neumeier and Aletta Bonn

A theoretical framework for researching cultural ecosystem service flows in urban agglomerations pp. 95-104

Lan Xiao, Tang Haiping and Liang Haoguang

Operationalising ecosystem services for effective management of protected areas: Experiences and challenges pp. 105-114

Uta Schirpke, Davide Marino, Angelo Marucci, Margherita Palmieri and Rocco Scolozzi

The value of ecosystem services in the high altitude Spiti Valley, Indian Trans-Himalaya pp. 115-123

Ranjini Murali, Stephen Redpath and Charudutt Mishra

A latent class analysis of public attitudes toward water resources with implications for recreational demand pp. 124-132

Oren Ehrlich, Xiang Bi, Tatiana Borisova and Sherry Larkin

Volume 27, issue PB, 2017

Ecosystem service valuations of South Africa using a variety of land cover data sources and resolutions pp. 173-178

Sharolyn J. Anderson, Briony L. Ankor and Paul C. Sutton

Mapping and valuation of South Africa's ecosystem services: A local perspective pp. 179-192

J.K. Turpie, K.J. Forsythe, A. Knowles, James Blignaut and G. Letley

The economics of landscape restoration: Benefits of controlling bush encroachment and invasive plant species in South Africa and Namibia pp. 193-202

William Stafford, Catherine Birch, Hannes Etter, Ryan Blanchard, Shepherd Mudavanhu, Per Angelstam, James Blignaut, Louwrens Ferreira and Christo Marais

The benefits and costs of clearing invasive alien plants in northern Zululand, South Africa pp. 203-223

N.P. Nkambule, James Blignaut, T. Vundla, T. Morokong and S. Mudavanhu

Reducing landscape restoration costs: Feasibility of generating electricity from invasive alien plant biomass on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa pp. 224-231

William Stafford and James Blignaut

Progress made in managing and valuing ecosystem services: a horizon scan of gaps in research, management and governance pp. 232-241

Ross T. Shackleton, Per Angelstam, Benjamin van der Waal and Marine Elbakidze

Towards a national strategy to optimise the management of a widespread invasive tree (Prosopis species; mesquite) in South Africa pp. 242-252

Ross T. Shackleton, David C. Le Maitre, Brian W. van Wilgen and David M. Richardson

Achieving the national development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through investment in ecological infrastructure: A case study of South Africa pp. 253-260

Tracey L. Cumming, Ross T. Shackleton, Johannes Förster, John Dini, Ahmed Khan, Mpho Gumula and Ida Kubiszewski

Modelling potential hydrological returns from investing in ecological infrastructure: Case studies from the Baviaanskloof-Tsitsikamma and uMngeni catchments, South Africa pp. 261-271

Myles Mander, Graham Jewitt, John Dini, Julia Glenday, James Blignaut, Catherine Hughes, Christo Marais, Kristal Maze, Benjamin van der Waal and Anthony Mills

Defining core areas of ecological infrastructure to secure rural livelihoods in South Africa pp. 272-280

Ayanda Sigwela, Marine Elbakidze, Mike Powell and Per Angelstam

Making biodiversity offsets work in South Africa – A governance perspective pp. 281-290

Peter Lukey, Tracey Cumming, Sukie Paras, Ida Kubiszewski and Samuel Lloyd

Collaborative learning to unlock investments for functional ecological infrastructure: Bridging barriers in social-ecological systems in South Africa pp. 291-304

Per Angelstam, Garth Barnes, Marine Elbakidze, Christo Marais, Alex Marsh, Sarah Polonsky, David M. Richardson, Nina Rivers, Ross T. Shackleton and William Stafford

Volume 27, issue PA, 2017

Using ecosystem services to underpin cost–benefit analysis: Is it a way to protect finite soil resources? pp. 1-14

S. Greenhalgh, O. Samarasinghe, F. Curran-Cournane, W. Wright and P. Brown

Do charismatic species groups generate more cultural ecosystem service benefits? pp. 15-24

James McGinlay, David J. Parsons, Joe Morris, Marie Hubatova, Anil Graves, Richard B. Bradbury and James M. Bullock

Optimizing provision of ecosystem services using modern portfolio theory pp. 25-37

Sergio Alvarez, Sherry L. Larkin and Andrew Ropicki

Policy-driven China’s Grain to Green Program: Implications for ecosystem services pp. 38-47

Bing Wang, Peng Gao, Xiang Niu and Jianni Sun

Ecosystem services of the Big Bend region of the Chihuahuan Desert pp. 48-57

Nathan T. Taylor, Kendall M. Davis, Helena Abad, Maureen R. McClung and Matthew D. Moran

Integrating ecosystem services and human well-being into management practices: Insights from a mountain-basin area, China pp. 58-69

Bojie Wang, Haiping Tang and Ying Xu

Going green? Ex-post valuation of a multipurpose water infrastructure in Northern Italy pp. 70-81

Arnaud Reynaud, Denis Lanzanova, Camino Liquete and Bruna Grizzetti

Governance services: Co-producing human well-being with ecosystem services pp. 82-91

Simo Sarkki

Key Māori values strengthen the mapping of forest ecosystem services pp. 92-102

Phil O'B. Lyver, Puke Timoti, Andrew M. Gormley, Christopher J. Jones, Sarah J. Richardson, Brenda L. Tahi and Suzie Greenhalgh

Investigating farmers’ preferences for alternative PES schemes for carbon sequestration in UK agroecosystems pp. 103-112

Uzma Aslam, Mette Termansen and Luuk Fleskens

Linking land use change, ecosystem services and human well-being: A case study of the Manas River Basin of Xinjiang, China pp. 113-123

Xuechao Wang, Xiaobin Dong, Huiming Liu, Hejie Wei, Weiguo Fan, Nachuan Lu, Zihan Xu, Jiahui Ren and Kaixiong Xing

Intermediate ecosystem services: An empty concept? pp. 124-126

Marion Potschin-Young, Balint Czúcz, Camino Liquete, Joachim Maes, Graciela M. Rusch and Roy Haines-Young

Ecosystem services trade-offs from high fuelwood use for traditional shea butter processing in semi-arid Ghana pp. 127-138

Godfred Seidu Jasaw, Osamu Saito, Alexandros Gasparatos, Kikuko Shoyama, Yaw Agyeman Boafo and Kazuhiko Takeuchi

Uncertainties in demonstrating environmental benefits of payments for ecosystem services pp. 139-149

Letícia Santos de Lima, Tobias Krueger and Jaime García-Marquez

Combining focus group discussions and choice experiments for economic valuation of peatland restoration: A case study in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia pp. 150-160

M. Schaafsma, P.J.H. van Beukering and I. Oskolokaite

Understanding biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships in urban areas: A comprehensive literature review pp. 161-171

Nina Schwarz, Marco Moretti, Miguel N. Bugalho, Zoe G. Davies, Dagmar Haase, Jochen Hack, Angela Hof, Yolanda Melero, Tristan J. Pett and Sonja Knapp