Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Ecological Regionalization of Grasslands Support Establishment of Ecological Security Barriers in Northern China

Authors

BAI Yongfei, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
ZHAO Yujin, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
WANG Yang, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Research Station, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
ZHOU Kailing, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Keywords

grasslands of Northern China; ecosystem services; value of ecosystem services; ecological regionalization; optimizing production functions and ecological functions; ecological security barrier

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Grassland ecosystems of Northern China, the headwaters region and water resource conservation areas for the Yellow River, the Yangzi River, the Lancang River, and the Luanhe River, are important ecological security barriers in China. They play extremely important roles in maintaining multiple ecosystem functions and services and sustaining multinational cultural diversity. However, the grassland ecosystems of Northern China have experienced widespread deterioration in functions and services since the last several decades due to the overexploitation of production functions at the cost of their ecological functions. Therefore, assessment of ecosystem services and ecological regionalization of grasslands in Northern China are needed for optimizing their production functions and ecological functions, establishing ecological security barriers, and achieving ecological civilization. Based on the spatial patterns of key ecosystem services and environmental conditions, we propose seven ecoregions and twenty-five sub-ecoregions across grassland ecosystems in Northern China. The ecological regionalization of grasslands can be used to guide sustainable grassland management, restoration of degraded grasslands, and biodiversity conservation in Northern China.

First page

675

Last Page

689

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

Yongfei, BAI; Yujin, ZHAO; Yang, WANG; and Kailing, ZHOU (2020) "Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Ecological Regionalization of Grasslands Support Establishment of Ecological Security Barriers in Northern China," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 35 : Iss. 6 , Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20200515003
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss6/3