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A new InVEST–genetic algorithm coupled water yield model: Application to water conservation function assessment in the Zhangjiakou-Chengde area 一种新的invest -遗传算法耦合产水量模型在张家口-承德地区保水功能评价中的应用
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114237
Jingxuan Ma , Xiaomei Jin , Xiulan Yin , Pengfei Liu , Zhenlong Nie
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New evidence for age-related decline in carbon sinks in intact boreal forests 完整的北方森林中碳汇与年龄相关的下降的新证据
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114231
Ni Huang , Li Wang , Jie Pei , Luying Zhu , Shidong Liu , Zheng Niu , Biswajit Nath
{"title":"New evidence for age-related decline in carbon sinks in intact boreal forests","authors":"Ni Huang ,&nbsp;Li Wang ,&nbsp;Jie Pei ,&nbsp;Luying Zhu ,&nbsp;Shidong Liu ,&nbsp;Zheng Niu ,&nbsp;Biswajit Nath","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114231","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114231","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As climate change accelerates, understanding the carbon dynamics of intact forests is critical to climate forecasting, mitigation, and adaptation, but significant uncertainties persist regarding the long-term carbon balance of aging boreal forests. Here, we developed a space-for-time substitution approach that used seven separate net ecosystem productivity (NEP) datasets and one forest age dataset to analyze in detail the age-related changes in NEP of intact boreal forests. Our analysis of NEP dynamics in intact boreal forests uncovered two key patterns. First, old forests exhibited significantly lower NEP compared to younger forests, highlighting an age-related decline in carbon sequestration capacity. Second, temporal trends (2001–2015) revealed increasing NEP with forest age across most datasets; however, this positive trend was markedly weaker in old forests. This widespread positive trend paralleled weak, non-significant increases in air temperature and precipitation across most age classes, suggesting that concurrent climate variability may have contributed to the observed increases in NEP and partly masked age-related declines. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that both the magnitude of NEP and its rate of increase declined with forest aging. Mechanistic investigations elucidated that the observed NEP reduction in aging forests primarily stemmed from a disproportionate decline in forest productivity, which decreased more rapidly than respiratory losses, thereby driving the overall decrease in carbon sequestration capacity. We provided new evidence for previous hypotheses based on spatially separated sites using global-scale gridded NEP datasets. Our results indicate that intact boreal forests progressively lose carbon sequestration capacity as they age, and may become net carbon sources unless climate-driven gains in productivity surpass respiratory losses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114231"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145155194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Waterbird diversity as an indicator for identifying key habitats in the Yangtze River Basin 水鸟多样性作为识别长江流域重要生境的指标
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114230
Xue Tian , Zejin Liu , Yucheng Zhang , Shiyi Guo , Yunhan Wang
{"title":"Waterbird diversity as an indicator for identifying key habitats in the Yangtze River Basin","authors":"Xue Tian ,&nbsp;Zejin Liu ,&nbsp;Yucheng Zhang ,&nbsp;Shiyi Guo ,&nbsp;Yunhan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114230","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114230","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Large human-modified river basins require biologically meaningful yet operational indicators to locate key habitats and guide protection. The Yangtze River Basin (YRB), as the world’s third longest river and a core inland segment of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, exemplifies a highly heterogeneous socio-ecological system where rapid, uneven urbanization intersects steep climatic and hydrological gradients. Drawing on 26,429 citizen‑science waterbird observation reports (2007–2021), we found a spatiotemporal divergence in environmental factors affecting waterbird diversity across urban versus non-urban areas and between breeding and wintering seasons. Specifically, waterbird diversity is driven mainly by disturbance and fine-scale site conditions in urban areas but by a broader environmental suite in non‑urban areas. We also found that currently designated protected areas (PAs) only covered most of the key habitats in non‑urban areas during breeding season. Thus, we proposed a spatially stratified framework to identify key habitats that distinguishes urban and non‑urban areas for waterbirds. Connectivity modeling based on these key habitats identified corridors bridging urban and non‑urban wetland complexes and highlighted unprotected linkage bottlenecks. Integrating the revealed spatial and seasonal driver contrasts with diversity hotspots, focal species distributions, and connectivity outputs, we propose a stratified multi‑indicator framework that operationalizes waterbird diversity as a habitat network design tool to guide targeted protected areas expansion and ecological corridor planning in large human‑modified river basins.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114230"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Decade-long active restoration induced positive priming effects on soil organic carbon in desertified grassland: The amplifying effect of biochar 十年主动恢复对沙化草地土壤有机碳的正启动效应:生物炭的放大效应
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114250
Shijie Zhou , Yue Xiu , Jingjing Wu , Jinchao Gong , Tahmina Kausar , Abraham Allan Degen , Feida Sun , Zhouwen Ma , Ran Xue , Yanfu Bai
{"title":"Decade-long active restoration induced positive priming effects on soil organic carbon in desertified grassland: The amplifying effect of biochar","authors":"Shijie Zhou ,&nbsp;Yue Xiu ,&nbsp;Jingjing Wu ,&nbsp;Jinchao Gong ,&nbsp;Tahmina Kausar ,&nbsp;Abraham Allan Degen ,&nbsp;Feida Sun ,&nbsp;Zhouwen Ma ,&nbsp;Ran Xue ,&nbsp;Yanfu Bai","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114250","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114250","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Grassland restoration can be achieved through active or passive methods. Biochar enhances soil structure and nutrient availability and, therefore, can play a crucial role in restoring degraded grassland. However, the long-term effects of biochar addition on both active and passive restoration of desertified grasslands remain unclear. This aim of this study was to fill this gap by determining how biochar influences organic carbon mineralization and priming effects in grasslands undergoing more than a decade of active or passive restoration. The results demonstrated that, compared to degraded grassland, biochar application under active restoration increased soil CO<sub>2</sub> emissions significantly. Positive priming effects were observed in both the topsoil (120.5–297.0 %) and subsoil (157.2–287.3 %). Conversely, under passive restoration, priming effects were positive in the topsoil (34.7–80.9 %) but negative in the subsoil (−67.1% to −47.7 %). In passive restoration, phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) were the primary drivers of priming effects, while in active restoration, soil pH was the primary driver. This study bridges the fields of restoration and soil ecology by evaluating the effects of biochar on organic carbon mineralization and priming effects in degraded grasslands. The findings highlight the importance of understanding how different restoration approaches interact with biochar addition to influence soil mineralization processes. This research provides valuable insights for grassland managers and policymakers in developing effective restoration strategies, particularly in the context of climate change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114250"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145155193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ecological flow-driven multifunctionality: A Nature-based Solutions framework for urban ecological corridor planning in high-density cities 生态流驱动的多功能性:高密度城市生态廊道规划的自然解决方案框架
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114224
Lang Zhang , Haoran Yu , Qicheng Zhong , Guilian Zhang , Zhuqing Wang , Qingping Zhang
{"title":"Ecological flow-driven multifunctionality: A Nature-based Solutions framework for urban ecological corridor planning in high-density cities","authors":"Lang Zhang ,&nbsp;Haoran Yu ,&nbsp;Qicheng Zhong ,&nbsp;Guilian Zhang ,&nbsp;Zhuqing Wang ,&nbsp;Qingping Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114224","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114224","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study develops an ecological flow driven framework, grounded in Nature-based Solutions (NbS), that upgrades the canonical source, resistance, and path paradigm for urban ecological corridors to the realities of high-density cities. We refine each stage with process explicit, scale aware, and context sensitive criteria, and extend the paradigm in two directions: (i) delineating corridor extents compatible with dynamic ecological processes and management zoning; and (ii) diagnosing intra-corridor multifunctional coupling by mapping trade-offs and synergies across supporting, regulating, provisioning, and cultural functions. Connectivity assessment is consolidated into structural, potential, and actual categories and aligned with data and models, including least-cost paths, circuit or omnidirectional flow simulation, graph metrics, and movement or genetic evidence. We propose a dual indicator scheme that couples understory birds and small to medium sized mammals with human non-motorized movement to capture proactive ecological and social flows across strata and scales. Mechanisms and critical transitions are operationalized with a quantitative toolkit that includes bivariate spatial autocorrelation, constraint line analysis, response curves, structural equation modeling, interpretable machine learning, and threshold detection. The principal result is an implementable methodology that links ecological flows to corridor extent and internal zoning, producing reproducible steps, indicators, and decision ready maps. The major conclusion is that the framework reframes corridor planning from static structure toward dynamic flow governance, providing actionable guidance for evidence based planning and adaptive management in high-density urban contexts, and a transparent path to integrate monitoring innovations and scenario testing into NbS.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114224"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145155191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Green space perception and utilization in times of pandemic from the perspective of urban green resilience: A comparison analysis across age groups 基于城市绿色弹性的大流行时期绿地感知与利用:跨年龄组比较分析
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114201
Huimin Gan , Yuan Huang , Zheng Zhao , Jiaming Liu , Yali Wen
{"title":"Green space perception and utilization in times of pandemic from the perspective of urban green resilience: A comparison analysis across age groups","authors":"Huimin Gan ,&nbsp;Yuan Huang ,&nbsp;Zheng Zhao ,&nbsp;Jiaming Liu ,&nbsp;Yali Wen","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the context of frequent occurrence of major public health events worldwide, understanding citizens’ perception and utilization of urban green space is crucial for implementation of urban resilience. However, perceptions and utilization preference of different age group of citizens are often overlooked, leading the governance policy of urban green resilience failed to timely respond to the heterogeneous demands of citizens’ ecological well-being. Using a large sample questionnaire survey across 2019–2023, This study proposes to investigate citizens’ perception of the Covid-19 pandemic’ impacts on urban green resilience and their utilization preference of urban green space during different periods of pandemic. The results showed that: (1) Compared to the negative impact perception, there is a more significant difference in the perception of the positive impact of the pandemic on urban green resilience among different age groups; (2) In the perceived success and importance perception of urban green resilience, the young group often shows significant perception differences compared with the middle-aged and older adult groups; (3) There is significant age effects in citizens’ perception and utilization of urban green space at different periods of COVID-19 pandemic. Altogether the results from the main urban area of Beijing case study contribute to international discussion on urban green space management and urban green resilience governance in metropolitan areas worldwide as they add additional insights on the differences perception and changed utilization of urban green spaces particularly looking at city dwellers among different age group as well as the importance of timely response heterogeneity preference of city dwellers’ ecological well-being demand.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114201"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145155192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Distribution patterns and risk assessment of potential ice avalanches and glacier lake outburst floods in southeastern Tibetan Plateau
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114217
Xuwen Tian , Xin Yao , Zhenkai Zhou
{"title":"Distribution patterns and risk assessment of potential ice avalanches and glacier lake outburst floods in southeastern Tibetan Plateau","authors":"Xuwen Tian ,&nbsp;Xin Yao ,&nbsp;Zhenkai Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114217","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114217","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accelerated glacier retreat in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau (SETP) under global warming has significantly increased threats from ice avalanches (IAs) and glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs). This study established a comprehensive inventory of IAs and GLOFs in the SETP using multi-source remote sensing data. Hazard assessments were conducted using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation (FCE). The results indicate that: (1) A total of 1,676 IAs and 100 potential GLOFs were identified, primarily located along the eastern Nyainqêntanglha and the western Hengduan Mountains. (2) IAs mostly occur on north-facing slopes with elevations of 4,500–6,000 m and areas of 0.1–0.5 km<sup>2</sup>, while GLOF-related lakes are mainly distributed at 4,000–5,000 m with areas of 0.1–0.3 km<sup>2</sup> and northward outburst directions. (3) Area and average slope are the primary driving factors for IAs, while glacial lake area and parent glacier slope are identified as the key controlling factors for GLOFs. (4) The hazard assessment results identified 111 high-risk IAs and 16 high-risk GLOFs, with the latter experiencing a 154.7 % increase in area since 1985, and 11 of these lakes exhibit cascading IA-GLOF risks. This comprehensive study enhances understanding of IA and GLOF hazards in the SETP and provide a scientific basis for effective disaster risk management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114217"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145155180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Spatial heterogeneity and environmental drivers of drought vulnerability in the Yangtze River Basin 长江流域干旱脆弱性空间异质性及环境驱动因素
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114246
Yuting Yang , Yunfei Feng , Xie He , Meng Li
{"title":"Spatial heterogeneity and environmental drivers of drought vulnerability in the Yangtze River Basin","authors":"Yuting Yang ,&nbsp;Yunfei Feng ,&nbsp;Xie He ,&nbsp;Meng Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114246","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114246","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drought-induced ecological vulnerability is intensifying under global climate change, threatening ecosystem stability and function. Using the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) as a case study, we constructed a Drought Vulnerability Index integrating exposure, sensitivity, and resilience—three core dimensions defined in the IPCC framework. Exposure was represented by drought severity and duration, while sensitivity and resilience were derived from autoregressive modeling of vegetation dynamics using vegetation and climate data from 2001 to 2023. We employed XGBoost with SHAP analysis to disentangle the drivers of spatial heterogeneity. Results reveal strong spatial contrasts: the central-northern YRB shows the highest vulnerability due to concurrent high exposure and sensitivity with low resilience, whereas the western highlands exhibit comparatively low vulnerability despite high exposure, supported by stronger resilience. Quantitative analysis confirms resilience as the dominant determinant of vulnerability, with over 65 % of vegetated pixels showing a significant negative correlation (R &lt; –0.8, p &lt; 0.05) between resilience and vulnerability. Among environmental drivers, altitude, precipitation, and species richness exerted the greatest influence, often with non-linear or threshold effects. Notably, altitude displayed a U-shaped relationship, with both lowlands and highlands being more vulnerable. These findings highlight the central role of resilience in modulating drought vulnerability and provide a robust indicator-based framework for assessing ecological risk and guiding resilience-oriented adaptation strategies under climate extremes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114246"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145155375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Revisiting the ellenberg indicator: A reformulated approach to preserve its ordinal nature 重新审视艾伦伯格指标:一种重新制定的方法,以保持其序数性质
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114241
J. Paderewski , D. Sienkiewicz-Paderewska , P.C. Rodrigues , M. Kozak
{"title":"Revisiting the ellenberg indicator: A reformulated approach to preserve its ordinal nature","authors":"J. Paderewski ,&nbsp;D. Sienkiewicz-Paderewska ,&nbsp;P.C. Rodrigues ,&nbsp;M. Kozak","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114241","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114241","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Ellenberg System of Indicator Values (ESIV) is a widely used for estimating environmental conditions based on the vegetation cover of species. Most methodological papers on the ESIV emphasise the ordinal nature of its scales. From a statistical point of view, therefore, the median should be used for calculations. Nevertheless, the Ellenberg index is often calculated as the mean of its values for the species in a given phytocoenosis, often weighted by species abundance. The manuscript examines the merits of using the weighted median to calculate the Ellenberg index from both theoretical and practical perspectives. To this end, using phytosociological relevés describing a particular phytocoenosis describing the <em>Alopecuretum pratensis</em> association, we calculated the light, moisture, soil reaction, and fertility indices for the relevés using the two methods, and compared the resulting estimates of environmental conditions in the relevés. The findings, supported by a simulation study, reinforce the idea that the median provides a more accurate diagnosis of habitat characteristics and a clearer, more unambiguous interpretation of the index values obtained. We also discuss potential shortcomings of using the weighted median. The R code for calculating the Ellenberg index is presented.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114241"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145155181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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From correlation to causation: Causal mechanisms, scale dependency, and structure–function mismatch in landscape-water quality responses in plateau lake basins 从相关到因果:高原湖盆景观-水质响应的因果机制、尺度依赖和结构-功能失配
IF 7 2区 环境科学与生态学
Ecological Indicators Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114240
Juexian Dong , Zhiqiang Lin , Shuangyun Peng , Jiaying Zhu , Fucheng Cai , Wenguang Xiang
{"title":"From correlation to causation: Causal mechanisms, scale dependency, and structure–function mismatch in landscape-water quality responses in plateau lake basins","authors":"Juexian Dong ,&nbsp;Zhiqiang Lin ,&nbsp;Shuangyun Peng ,&nbsp;Jiaying Zhu ,&nbsp;Fucheng Cai ,&nbsp;Wenguang Xiang","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114240","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114240","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Deciphering the causal effects of landscape patterns on water quality is critical for watershed management, yet most studies are confined to correlation analyses that fail to provide reliable causal evidence, particularly in sensitive plateau lake basins under compounded anthropogenic pressures. Taking the globally representative Fuxian Lake basin as a case study, this study developed an integrated analytical framework of production-living-ecological spaces, landscape structure, and water quality response (PLES-LS-WQ). Machine learning (XGBoost-SHAP) and causal inference model (Causal Forest) were combined with land-use scenario simulation (PLUS model) to quantify the true causal effects of key landscape pattern factors on water quality (TN, TP, COD) across multiple scales and scenarios. The results challenged several conventional assumptions: (1) Significant context dependency was revealed. The causal effects of landscape patterns were not fixed but determined by the dominant pollution source (mining, urban, or agricultural). For instance, the aggregation of production space improves water quality in mining-dominated areas but degrades it in agricultural zones. (2) The study provided the first causal evidence for a structure–function mismatch. Contrary to the traditional belief that ecological connectivity is beneficial, clustered ecological spaces under high pollution loads (mining and urban) exerted significant negative causal effects on water quality, indicating that their physical structure failed to translate into ecological purification functions and even facilitated pollutant transport. (3) Scale analysis and scenario simulation further indicated that ignoring context dependency and functional mismatch may lead to management failure or even adverse outcomes. By providing robust causal evidence, the study argued for a paradigm shift in watershed management from the pursuit of universal structural optimization towards a context-specific, function-oriented approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 114240"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145109018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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