Response of Ecosystem Health to Land Use Changes and Landscape Patterns in the Karst Mountainous Regions of Southwest China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15501129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zhijie Wang (0000-0002-3216-8620, Guizhou University), Yan Liu (0000-0002-1612-779X, Guizhou University), Yixin Li (0000-0003-4826-1747, Guizhou University), Yuan Su (0000-0002-2046-2275, Guizhou University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3273-3273 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19063273 |
| PMID | 35328960 |
| OpenAlex | W4220976091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 53 |
The quantitative assessment of ecosystem health is important for interpreting the ecological effects of land use changes and formulating effective measures of sustainable ecological development by policymakers. This study investigated the response of ecosystem health to land use changes and landscape patterns in the karst mountainous regions of southwest China by taking Guiyang City as a case study area and assessing the spatial and temporal changes in ecosystem health from 2008 to 2017 using the vigor-organization-resilience model; it analyzed the influence of land use changes and landscape patterns on ecosystem health using spatial overlay analysis, the Dunnett's T3 test, and the Spearman correlation analysis. The results show that the land use structure dramatically changed, with a trend of a sharp decrement of farmland and rapid increment of forestland and construction land due to rapid urbanization and ecologization. The overall ecosystem health was at a relatively strong level, with the average value greater than 0.6. The deterioration of ecosystem health was attributed to the expansion of construction land and farmland and the degradation of forestland, while the increment of forestland was the major contributor to the improvement of ecosystem health. The ecosystem health of the forestland + farmland landscape was significantly superior to that of forestland + construction land and construction land + farmland landscapes. Moreover, each landscape configurations had a significant positive or negative correlation with the ecosystem health. This study provides a valuable reference for formulating sustainable environmental management strategies in karst mountainous regions in China
China · Ecological health · Ecosystem · Ecosystem health · Ecosystem services · Environmental resource management · Geography · Karst · Land use · Psychological resilience · Urbanization · Environmental Quality and Pollution · Environmental Science · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |