Spatial units and scales for cultural ecosystem services: a comparison illustrated by cultural heritage and entertainment services in Scotland

Aalders, Inge; Stanik, Nils

doi:10.1007/s10980-019-00827-6

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“…While this study disentangled the individual effects of different levels of ecological organisation to better understand their contribution to birder benefits, components of ecological systems are not independent of each other (Suarez-Rubio and Thomlinson 2009;Filloy et al 2019). For instance, while the results suggested that biome, vegetation type and variance in elevation were significantly related to birder benefits, these biophysical attributes also affect the assemblage of bird communities through hierarchical relationships at different scales and levels (Aalders and Stanik 2019). In addition, social systems exert a critical selective pressure on ecological systems (Tengberg et al 2012), suggesting that the provision of birder benefits also depends on demand from birders.…”

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“…While the relationship between scales and levels in ecological systems is complex, we use conventional levels of ecological organisation that should exhibit a hierarchical relationship to ecological processes and associated spatial and temporal scales (Allan 1990). Thus, species and communities are nested within landscapes; landscape-level biophysical attributes support species propagation through the provision of resources like food and habitat (Aalders and Stanik 2019).…”

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The influence of landscape context on the production of cultural ecosystem services

2022

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Context Recent efforts to apply sustainability concepts to entire landscapes have seen increasing interest in approaches that connect socioeconomic and biophysical systems. Evaluating these connections through a cultural ecosystem services lens clarifies how different spatiotemporal scales and levels of organisation influence the production of cultural benefits. Currently, however, the effects of multi-level and multi-scale ecological variation on the production of cultural benefits have not yet been disentangled. Objectives To quantify the amount of variation in cultural ecosystem service provision by birds to birders that is due to landscape-level attributes. Methods We used data from 293 birding routes and 101 different birders in South African National Parks to explore the general relationships between birder responses to bird species and environmental conditions, bird-related observations, the biophysical attributes of the landscape and their effect on bird-related cultural benefits. Results Biophysical attributes (particularly biome, vegetation type, and variance in elevation) significantly increased the percentage of variance explained in birder benefits from 57 to 65%, demonstrating that birder benefits are derived from multi-level (birds to ecosystems) and multi-scale (site to landscape) social and ecological interactions. Conclusions Landscape attributes influence people’s perceptions of cultural ecosystem service provision by individual species. Recognition of the complex, localised and inextricable linkage of cultural ecosystem services to biophysical attributes can improve our understanding of the landscape characteristics that affect the supply and demand of cultural ecosystem services.

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The influence of landscape context on the production of cultural ecosystem services

2022

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“…While the relationship between scales and levels in ecological systems is complex, we use conventional levels of ecological organisation that should exhibit a hierarchical relationship to ecological processes and associated spatial and temporal scales (Allan 1990). Thus, species and communities are nested within landscapes since it is landscapelevel biophysical attributes that support species propagation through the provision of resources like food and habitat (Aalders and Stanik 2019).…”

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The influence of landscape context on the production of cultural ecosystem services

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Gurney

Cumming

2021

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Context: Recent efforts to apply sustainability concepts to entire landscapes have seen increasing interest in approaches that connect socioeconomic and biophysical aspects of landscape change. Evaluating these connections through a cultural ecosystem services lens clarifies how different spatiotemporal scales and levels of organisation influence the production of cultural benefits. Currently, however, the effects of multi-level and multi-scale ecological variation on the production of cultural benefits have not yet been disentangled.Objectives: To quantify the amount of variation in cultural ecosystem service provision by birds to birders that is due to landscape-level attributes.Methods: We used data from 293 birding routes and 101 different birders in South African National Parks to explore the general relationships between birder responses to bird species and environmental conditions, bird-related observations, the biophysical attributes of the landscape and their effect on bird-related cultural benefits.Results: Biophysical attributes (particularly biome, vegetation type, and variance in elevation) significantly increased the percentage of variance explained in birder benefits from 57–65%, demonstrating that birder benefits are derived from multi-level (birds to ecosystems) and multi-scale (site to landscape) social and ecological interactions.Conclusions: Landscape attributes influence people’s perceptions of cultural ecosystem service provision by individual species. Recognition of the complex, localised and inextricable linkage of cultural ecosystem services to biophysical attributes can improve our understanding of the landscape characteristics that affect the supply and demand of cultural ecosystem services.

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“…For the ES assessment the importance of developing appropriate indicators has been recognized [16,20] and many ES indicators have been developed, applied, tested, and reviewed [11,21,22]. ES indicators need to be relevant to a specific purpose (e.g., to reflect difference in land management- [19]) or components (e.g., soils- [23,24]) or spatial-temporal scale [25,26] to avoid uncertainties from that side, but at the same time ES indicators should inform decision-making [20,27,28]. It is clear for decision-makers that you cannot manage what you do not measure, thus these indicators should be linked to measurable policy targets and should help to monitor policy progress.…”

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IoT Monitoring of Urban Tree Ecosystem Services: Possibilities and Challenges

Matasov

Marchesini

Yaroslavtsev

et al. 2020

Forests

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Urban green infrastructure plays an increasingly significant role in sustainable urban development planning as it provides important regulating and cultural ecosystem services. Monitoring of such dynamic and complex systems requires technological solutions which provide easy data collection, processing, and utilization at affordable costs. To meet these challenges a pilot study was conducted using a network of wireless, low cost, and multiparameter monitoring devices, which operate using Internet of Things (IoT) technology, to provide real-time monitoring of regulatory ecosystem services in the form of meaningful indicators for both human health and environmental policies. The pilot study was set in a green area situated in the center of Moscow, which is exposed to the heat island effect as well as high levels of anthropogenic pressure. Sixteen IoT devices were installed on individual trees to monitor their ecophysiological parameters from 1 July to 31 November 2019 with a time resolution of 1.5 h. These parameters were used as input variables to quantify indicators of ecosystem services related to climate, air quality, and water regulation. Our results showed that the average tree in the study area during the investigated period reduced extreme heat by 2 °C via shading, cooled the surrounding area by transferring 2167 ± 181 KWh of incoming solar energy into latent heat, transpired 137 ± 49 mm of water, sequestered 8.61 ± 1.25 kg of atmospheric carbon, and removed 5.3 ± 0.8 kg of particulate matter (PM10). The values of the monitored processes varied spatially and temporally when considering different tree species (up to five to ten times), local environmental conditions, and seasonal weather. Thus, it is important to use real-time monitoring data to deepen understandings of the processes of urban forests. There is a new opportunity of applying IoT technology not only to measure trees functionality through fluxes of water and carbon, but also to establish a smart urban green infrastructure operational system for management.

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Spatial units and scales for cultural ecosystem services: a comparison illustrated by cultural heritage and entertainment services in Scotland

Cited by 13 publications

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The influence of landscape context on the production of cultural ecosystem services

The influence of landscape context on the production of cultural ecosystem services

The influence of landscape context on the production of cultural ecosystem services

IoT Monitoring of Urban Tree Ecosystem Services: Possibilities and Challenges

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