Characteristic trajectories of ecosystem services in mountains

Intensification of land use and management over recent decades has resulted in trade‐offs between food or timber production and other ecosystem services (ES). Despite an increase in scholarly publications on ES, the temporal aspects of ES trade‐offs have largely been neglected to date. Here we explo...

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Main Authors: Locatelli, Bruno, Lavorel, S., Sloan, S., Tappeiner, U., Geneletti, D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94167
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author Locatelli, Bruno
Lavorel, S.
Sloan, S.
Tappeiner, U.
Geneletti, D.
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Lavorel, S.
Locatelli, Bruno
Sloan, S.
Tappeiner, U.
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Sloan, S.
Tappeiner, U.
Geneletti, D.
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description Intensification of land use and management over recent decades has resulted in trade‐offs between food or timber production and other ecosystem services (ES). Despite an increase in scholarly publications on ES, the temporal aspects of ES trade‐offs have largely been neglected to date. Here we explore how past and future land‐use trajectories (pathways of change) influence ES over time, using mountain landscapes as a model. Based on a synthesis of 51 cases of temporal changes in ES within mountain landscapes, we analyze how changes in land‐use intensity influence the supply of ten key services and we describe six typical examples (archetypes) of ES change. Our analysis reveals that land‐use intensity is an important factor shaping these archetypes. Land‐use intensification often degrades ES (eg recreation and water regulation), with the exception of services targeted by intensification (food or timber) and with differences between forest and agricultural intensification. Service degradation following intensification is not always reversed by reductions in land‐use intensity (termed “extensification”).
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spelling CGSpace941672025-06-17T08:24:13Z Characteristic trajectories of ecosystem services in mountains Locatelli, Bruno Lavorel, S. Sloan, S. Tappeiner, U. Geneletti, D. mountains ecosystem services landscape land use Intensification of land use and management over recent decades has resulted in trade‐offs between food or timber production and other ecosystem services (ES). Despite an increase in scholarly publications on ES, the temporal aspects of ES trade‐offs have largely been neglected to date. Here we explore how past and future land‐use trajectories (pathways of change) influence ES over time, using mountain landscapes as a model. Based on a synthesis of 51 cases of temporal changes in ES within mountain landscapes, we analyze how changes in land‐use intensity influence the supply of ten key services and we describe six typical examples (archetypes) of ES change. Our analysis reveals that land‐use intensity is an important factor shaping these archetypes. Land‐use intensification often degrades ES (eg recreation and water regulation), with the exception of services targeted by intensification (food or timber) and with differences between forest and agricultural intensification. Service degradation following intensification is not always reversed by reductions in land‐use intensity (termed “extensification”). 2017-04 2018-07-03T10:57:04Z 2018-07-03T10:57:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94167 en Open Access Wiley Locatelli, B., Lavorel, S., Sloan, S., Tappeiner, U., Geneletti, D.. 2017. Characteristic trajectories of ecosystem services in mountains Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15 (3) : 150-159. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1470
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Tappeiner, U.
Geneletti, D.
Characteristic trajectories of ecosystem services in mountains
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ecosystem services
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land use
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