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- Title
Land-Use Change and its Effects in Charchan Oasis, Xinjiang, China.
- Authors
Abulizi, Abudukeyimu; Yang, Yongguo; Mamat, Zulpiya; Luo, Jinhui; Abdulslam, Dilshat; Xu, Zhonglin; Zayiti, Abudoukeremujiang; Ahat, Abdulkeyum; Halik, Wahap
- Abstract
Changes in land use and land cover are known to impact ecosystem services and functions. In this study, land use characteristics were combined with global and China-specific ecosystem coefficients to quantify land-use and ecosystem service changes in Charchan Oasis. Results indicated that: (i) the total values of ecosystem services in Charchan Oasis were increased 8·4 M$ from 1972 to 2013; (ii) the aggregated ecosystem service values for water bodies, grasslands, forest lands, and barren lands were 98·90% of the total value for all land types; (iii) waste treatment, soil formation, biodiversity protection, and water supply were ecological functions with the highest service values, contributing approximately 65% of the total service values; and (iv) ecosystem service values estimated in this study were inelastic with respect to the value coefficients, therefore, the estimation results were believable. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
LAND use; LAND cover; ECOSYSTEM services; SOIL formation; VALUATION
- Publication
Land Degradation & Development, 2017, Vol 28, Issue 1, p106
- ISSN
1085-3278
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ldr.2530