Mountain Ecosystem Services: Who Cares?

Grêt‐Regamey, Adrienne; Brunner, Sibyl Hanna; Kienast, Félix

doi:10.1659/mrd-journal-d-10-00115.s1

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“…Data and analysis Mountain regions characteristically provide very diverse ES (Grêt-Regamey et al 2012), such as protection from natural hazards, water supply, scenic beauty for tourism etc. A series of encompassing and systematic assessments of mountain pastures in Switzerland conducted over the last century enables us to study long-term changes in recognized ES mentioned in published reports.…”

Section: Evolution Of Es Provided By Swiss Alpine Pasture Landscapes mentioning

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Linking ecosystem services with landscape history

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Silbernagel

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Landscape Ecol

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The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has become widely used because it bridges ecology and economics and links nature to society. ES may evolve over time in dynamic landscapes driven by myriad processes. However, the consequences of changes in key ES has not been considered adequately in current ES research. Here we propose a framework for linking ES with landscape history, which can help us better understand the evolution of ES over time. We illustrate the framework by a case study from Switzerland. Both the capacity of landscapes to supply ES and the realization and recognition of key ES are likely to change over time. This insight should have important implications for landscape sustainability and related scenario studies.

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Linking ecosystem services with landscape history

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et al. 2014

Landscape Ecol

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“…Present on all continents and having some of the richest biodiversity, mountain landscapes contribute to human well-being in many different ways (EEA 2010;Grêt-Regamey et al 2012). They deliver food and shelter (crops, fodder, water, fuels, materials) (Cooper et al 2009;Briner et al 2013), protection and health (prevention of soil erosion, climate regulation, medical plants) (Ruiz-Mirazo et al 2011;Bernstein 2014) or pleasure (recreational experiences in landscapes, cultural heritage, enjoyment of appealing landscapes) (Sayadi et al 2009;LindemannMatthies et al 2010;Schirpke et al 2016).…”

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Using land use/land cover trajectories to uncover ecosystem service patterns across the Alps

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Managing multiple ecosystem services (ES) in agricultural landscapes is a challenging task, especially in regions with complex topographical and agro-ecological conditions. These challenges require ES assessment approaches that go beyond the case study level and provide multi-temporal information at a transnational level. We used a spatiotemporal approach to examine the impact of specific land use/land cover (LULC) trajectories on eight ES for the past 150 years. We show how a spatially explicit ES upscaling procedure, from case study to an Alpine-wide level, based on topographical, agro-ecological and socioeconomic parameters, can improve our understanding of ES dynamics and bundles. Our results indicated that the provision of multiple ES was not stable during the 150 years surveyed, mainly depending on the prevailing land management type and the biophysical conditions. ES bundle mapping enabled us to identify landscapes with consistent socioecological characteristics that are most likely to either enhance or diminish the provision of specific types of services. By introducing a spatiotemporal perspective into ES assessment, we provide clear evidence of the dynamic nature of ES provision and contribute to identifying processes and drivers behind these interactions. Our results emphasize that mountain ES supply is particularly sensitive to long-term LULC change, to biophysical characteristics and to regional socioeconomic conditions. They indicate the benefit of integrating of ES bundles into environmental policies at national and transnational level.

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“…Montane ecosystems are important reservoirs for global taxonomic and genetic diversity (Lomolino 2001), evolutionary centers and refugia in times of rapid climate change , and important sources of ecosystem services (Gret-Regamey et al 2012). For example, tropical montane ecosystems are notably important areas of global biodiversity due to an 3 Kalwij, J.M.…”

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Annual monitoring reveals rapid upward movement of exotic plants in a montane ecosystem

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There is increasing evidence that invasive species are threating montane ecosystems globally.However, trends in species distribution are difficult to observe directly due to a lack of data with suitable spatio-temporal resolution. Here, we aimed to detect spatio-temporal trends in exotic 1 Kalwij, J.M. et al.plants in a montane ecosystem, and to determine which drivers had a role affecting these trends.Each year, for a period of seven years, we recorded the upper elevational range limit of exotic plant species in road verges along an elevational gradient of 1,500-2,874 m a.s.l. in southern Africa. We fitted repeated-measures ANOVA models to test if upper elevational range limits changed over time. Generalized least squares models showed that exotic richness of annuals increased by 3.9 species per year. Also, the upper elevational range limits of established exotics ascended by 24.5 m/y for annuals (N = 17 species), and by 9.7 m/y for perennials (N = 26).These upward trends were too rapid to be explained by slow-acting drivers such as climatic

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Mountain Ecosystem Services: Who Cares?

Cited by 283 publications

References 55 publications

Linking ecosystem services with landscape history

Linking ecosystem services with landscape history

Using land use/land cover trajectories to uncover ecosystem service patterns across the Alps

Annual monitoring reveals rapid upward movement of exotic plants in a montane ecosystem

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