Jiacheng HUANG , Sisi YU , Kelvin Babu GITHAIGA , Samwel Maina NJUGUNA , Janet ONYANGO , Xue YAN
{"title":"Integrating seasonal variation into conservation planning can provide extra benefits: A case study in the Tana River Basin, Kenya","authors":"Jiacheng HUANG , Sisi YU , Kelvin Babu GITHAIGA , Samwel Maina NJUGUNA , Janet ONYANGO , Xue YAN","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113392","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113392","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Seasonal variations in climatic conditions induce spatio-seasonal changes of ecological indicators, such as ecosystem services and biodiversity. However, current conservation planning mostly focus on annual or long-term characteristics of ecological indicators, with limited considerations of their seasonal variations. It remains unclear whether integrating seasonal variation into conservation planning can provide extra benefits. This study examines the Tana River Basin, a typical basin significantly affected by seasonal variations, to integrate these variations into ecological network construction and assess its benefits for conservation. Results demonstrated that integrating seasonal variation indeed improve protection efficiency. Compared to the annual perspective, considering seasonal stability can increase the soil conservation by 82.79 %, water yield by 14.55 % and net primary productivity by 16.78 %, respectively. Meantime, it enables the adjustments of conservation planning based on the seasonal ecological resistance. For instance, compared to long rainy season, the long dry season decreased ecological corridor areas by 33.87 % and increased barrier points by 428.92 %. Accordingly, ecological sources covering an area of 20,758 km<sup>2</sup> within the basin were identified in the upper and lower reaches. Ecological corridors were classified into primary and seasonal (Level I and II) corridors to clarify the different priorities. A number of 52 and 22 of hierarchical ecological pinch points and hierarchical barrier points were also identified, respectively. Finally, a “two zones, two axes, five nodes, and multiple corridors” ecological conservation pattern and targeted suggestions for different seasons were proposed. These results provide prioritization information for ecological conservation, supporting for sustainable development of the Tana River Basin.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113392"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peng Zhang , Xukan Xu , Wentong Yang , Yiming Li , Shengqi Yao
{"title":"Supply-Demand risk assessment of urban flood resilience from the perspective of the ecosystem services: A case study in Nanjing, China","authors":"Peng Zhang , Xukan Xu , Wentong Yang , Yiming Li , Shengqi Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113397","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113397","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban flooding has become a pressing challenge for many countries and regions. Meanwhile, ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction approaches have been recognized as a sustainable and effective strategy for managing flood risks. This study designed a conceptual framework for assessing the supply–demand risk of urban flood resilience (UFR) from the perspective of ecosystem services (ESs). Taking the city of Nanjing, China, as an example, the InVEST model and the multi-criteria comprehensive evaluation method were employed to quantify the supply of UFR provided by natural ecosystems and the demand for UFR from socio-economic systems. Additionally, based on UFR supply–demand evaluation indicators calculated for each subdistrict, the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) was used to cluster the subdistricts. Finally, UFR supply–demand matching was conducted on the subdistrict clusters, and different flood-risk levels were identified based on the supply–demand ratio. The results showed that high flood-risk subdistricts are mainly concentrated in central urban area, low flood-risk subdistricts are primarily in urban periphery, and subdistricts in urban–rural transitional zones exhibit medium flood risk. Statistical analysis revealed that this zonal pattern is closely related to land use types and the distribution of social resources. Therefore, this study provides a scientific basis for developing management strategies of urban flood prevention from the perspective of ESs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113397"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel F.R. Cleary , Anna M. Bijlmer , Dille Wielakker , Nicole J. de Voogd
{"title":"Damselflies and dragonflies in distress: The impact of forest fires and logging on odonate assemblages","authors":"Daniel F.R. Cleary , Anna M. Bijlmer , Dille Wielakker , Nicole J. de Voogd","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113382","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113382","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We assessed the impact of logging and forest fires on the species richness, evenness, and structure of odonate assemblages located on the island of Borneo. Landscape-scale species richness was highest in unburnt and once-burnt landscapes and lowest in two landscapes subjected to multiple burn events. These landscapes also had lower evenness compared to primary and once-burnt landscapes, highlighting the detrimental effects of repeated burn events on odonate species assemblages. There was significant geographic distance dependence in three of the six landscapes studied including primary and burnt landscapes. Odonate assemblages, furthermore, did not significantly deviate from Hubbell’s neutral model predictions at metacommunity and local scales in any of the landscapes. Finally, we identified a significant association between species traits and environmental conditions, which appeared to be largely driven by disturbance. Landscapes subjected to multiple burn events in particular were largely populated by species associated with standing water bodies and with large geographical distributions. Our study emphasises how disturbances like burning and logging are associated with shifts in species composition, favouring species associated with disturbed environments, while reducing the prevalence of endemic species.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113382"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143686436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bianshiyu Tao , Fengping Wu , Jigan Wang , Mingming Zhu , Jie Zhang , Zhencheng Xing
{"title":"County-level source-sink balance and carbon allocation of regional peak emissions: Model construction and application","authors":"Bianshiyu Tao , Fengping Wu , Jigan Wang , Mingming Zhu , Jie Zhang , Zhencheng Xing","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113387","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113387","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A fair and precise carbon allocation mechanism is crucial for enabling sub-regions to reduce emissions responsibly and equitably, thereby supporting regional carbon peaking targets. This study integrates both cumulative carbon sources and sinks to analyze the spatial and temporal dynamics of carbon balance, project regional carbon peaking pathways, and develop a county-level carbon allocation model based on the ’equal cumulative per capita net emissions’ principle. An empirical analysis is conducted for Jiangsu Province, one of China’s most developed and carbon-intensive regions. The findings reveal that Jiangsu’s carbon emissions far exceed its carbon sink capacity, resulting in a pronounced carbon imbalance, especially in South Jiangsu counties/districts, such as Jiangning, Changshu, Kunshan, Zhangjiagang, and Jiangyin. Projections indicate that Jiangsu’s total CO<sub>2</sub> emissions will peak at 847.6 million tons by 2030, with county-level carbon quotas ranging from –3.4 Mt in Taicang to 30.1 Mt in Shuyang. This variation underscores the necessity of implementing carbon allocation at the county level. The proposed allocation strategy considers both historical cumulative emissions and ecological sinks, ensuring equitable development by safeguarding the rights of less developed regions while protecting the interests of counties/districts with valuable ecosystems, such as Sheyang, Sihong, and Dafeng. These insights offer valuable guidance for policymakers in designing equitable carbon allocation strategies and integrate them with carbon trading markets to achieve cost-effective emissions reduction and support regional carbon peaking goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113387"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yixuan Wang , Tingxi Liu , Limin Duan , Shaojie Chu , Jin Sun , Xin Tong , Lina Hao , Yongzhi Bao , Yu Gong
{"title":"A novel index combining meteorological, hydrological, and ecological anomalies used for ecological drought assessment at a grassland-type basin scale","authors":"Yixuan Wang , Tingxi Liu , Limin Duan , Shaojie Chu , Jin Sun , Xin Tong , Lina Hao , Yongzhi Bao , Yu Gong","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113384","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113384","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Under changing climate, grasslands in arid and semiarid areas have experienced severe degradation due to the increased frequency and intensity of droughts. Quantifying the anomalies in ecosystem caused by water limitation is challenging due to the complex interactions of ecological and hydrological processes at a basin scale. Here, a new comprehensive drought index, the Non-stationary Standardized Ecological Drought Index (NSEDI), was proposed to identify and assess the ecological drought. The NSEDI is calculated based on a non-stationary NDVI-fitted model, which incorporates the highly correlated precipitation, temperature, runoff, and soil moisture as covariates. The performance of the NSEDI method was evaluated by an application on a grassland-type inland river basin, as well as comparations with that of other widely-used drought indices. The results show that the non-stationary model performed better than a stationary model and a time-dependent model, indicating the preferable explanatory ability of the concurrent and 1-month preceding hydrothermal variables to the NDVI changes. Consequently, the NSEDI can reasonably depict the vegetation anomalies posed by hydro-meteorological drought stresses within a basin. The standardized feature employed in NSEDI makes it feasible to compare ecological drought over different regions and periods, and with the other drought types. It is demonstrated that the grassland ecological droughts largely depend on seasonality, expected to be more serious in the rapid growing stage (July to August). Moreover, the ecological drought is strongly determined by the meteorological drought with high temperature and less precipitation, and directly aggravated by the surface soil dryness. Hydrological drying condition seemingly shows an inhibiting effect on the ecological drought, implying the restrictive relation between vegetation dynamics and hydrological processes. It is expected that the proposed NSEDI approach can effectively monitor drought for an eco-hydrological system, further providing scientific guidance for regional ecological management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113384"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143686435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bei Zhang , Zheng Liang , Lidong Zhao , Letong Ma , Shouhua Zhang , Taolve Gao , Liang Chen
{"title":"Optimizing Eco-Efficiency of green Infrastructure: A comparative study of woody plant species Utilizing SWMM-HYDRUS model and Analytic Hierarchy process","authors":"Bei Zhang , Zheng Liang , Lidong Zhao , Letong Ma , Shouhua Zhang , Taolve Gao , Liang Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113388","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113388","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban greening and effective control of non-point source pollution are critical objectives that can be achieved through the implementation of green infrastructures (GIs) for sustainable rainwater management. To explain the overarching patterns of GIs dominated by representative woody plants and their influence on urban environmental conditions, a coupled HYDRUS-1D and SWMM model (NSE ≥ 0.64 and R<sup>2</sup> ≥ 0.71) was developed to simulate the hydrological response of various root systems employed in woody plant cultivation in urban areas. The analysis of surface runoff regulation revealed that the average reduction rate of runoff in GIs increased from 57 % to 73 % as the planting area expanded (5 % to 25 %) during a design rainfall event with a 2-year recurrence interval. Notably, the GI consisting of <em>Sophora japonica</em>, characterized by tap roots, exhibited a superior runoff reduction effect compared to the GI comprising <em>Malus baccata</em>, which possesses fibrous roots, and the control group without vegetation. To comprehensively evaluate and optimize the rainwater utilization technology, an analytic hierarchy process was employed to construct a comprehensive benefit assessment system, including environmental, economic, and societal aspects, for woody plants with varying planting areas in the study region. The analysis revealed that planting density of 15 % for <em>Malus baccata</em> maximizes comprehensive benefit values, positioning it as the optimal choice for woody plant cultivation within the study area. This research not only underscores the ecological benefits of carefully selected woody plants in urban GIs but also provides valuable insights for urban planners aiming to enhance ecological resilience and sustainability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113388"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143686348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Water allocation and irrigation scheme considering runoff forecasting of Ulungur River","authors":"Tao Bai , Xinyue Liu , Dong Liu , Yuhong Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113381","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113381","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Expanding cropland area in the Ulungur River Basin has led to a significant increase in irrigation demand. Conventional water resource allocation schemes have proven inadequate in guiding annual water resource allocation and agricultural irrigation in arid regions. Additionally, the increasing competition among industrial, domestic, ecological and agricultural water has led to uneven distribution of water resources and river disconnection, which has a negative impact on the stability of the basin ecosystem. This study focuses on the Ulungur River Basin, a typical inland river basin in arid regions, and employs the SWAT model for runoff simulation. A basin-wide water resource allocation model was developed, considering water-saving strategies to formulate water allocation and agricultural rotational irrigation schemes. The results show that: (1) the total inflow in 2023 was 1.0998 × 10<sup>9</sup> m<sup>3</sup>, classifying it as a moderately dry year. A water balance analysis revealed a total basin water deficit of 2.917 × 10<sup>8</sup> m<sup>3</sup>. (2) After optimizing water resource allocation, the deficit was reduced to 1.679 × 10<sup>8</sup> m<sup>3</sup>. (3) An innovative three-tier agricultural irrigation water distribution scheme was proposed, encompassing county-irrigation area-pumping station levels, along with a rotational irrigation plan. This approach reduced the agricultural water shortage rate by 27.2 % while ensuring irrigation area. The findings provide a critical reference for water resource allocation in the Ulungur River Basin, enhancing the operability and practicality of annual agricultural irrigation water distribution schemes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113381"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143686433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grazing promotes decomposition of litter in alpine meadow through decoupling climate","authors":"Weikang Zhao, Yi Sun, Yan Zhang, Fujiang Hou","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113344","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113344","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Litter decomposition plays a critical process driving the cycling of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P). However, the combined effects of grazing system (GS) and grazing intensity (GI) on litter decomposition remain unclear. In this study, a two-year experiment was conducted to examine effects of two GS (CG – continuous grazing, and RG – rotational grazing) and two GI (0 and 8 sheep ha<sup>−1</sup>) on litter decomposition in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). GI at 8 sheep ha<sup>−1</sup> increased decomposition rate of litter dry matter (DM) by 78.2 %, C by 8.9 %, N by 110.3 %, and P by 25.6 % compared to no grazing. RG enhanced decomposition rate of DM by 24.9 %, C by 27.0 %, N by 52.4 %, and P by 3.8 % compared to CG. GI exerted a stronger effect on litter decomposition than GS and their interaction (GS × GI). The litter turnover rate was the fastest at GI at 8 sheep ha<sup>−1</sup>. RG reduced annual litter decomposition mass per unit area of pasture by 42.7 %, while CG reduced it by 19.6 %. Stoichiometric characteristics of litter contributed 19.0 %, −4.3 %, 22.3 %, and 4.2 % to litter DM, C, N, and P decomposition, respectively. Initial C content, solar radiation, litter allocation coefficient, and solar radiation explained 10.1 %, 12.5 %, 12.0 %, and 10.5 % variance in DM, C, N, and P decomposition, respectively. Grazing decoupled climate effects, thereby promoting litter decomposition. The results suggest that grazing enhances decomposition and turnover of litter in the QTP, providing insights into nutrient cycling under global climate change.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113344"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143686437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiayi Zhang , Zhengyong Zhang , Lin Liu , Yu Cao , Mingyu Zhang , Zifan Yuan , Rou Ma , Xinyi Liu , Yufei Liu
{"title":"Scaling effects of ecosystem service trade-off and synergy in arid inland river basins: A case study of the Manas River Basin of Xinjiang, China","authors":"Jiayi Zhang , Zhengyong Zhang , Lin Liu , Yu Cao , Mingyu Zhang , Zifan Yuan , Rou Ma , Xinyi Liu , Yufei Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113358","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113358","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study of trade-off and synergy relationships (TOS) among ecosystem services (ESs) and the scale effects of their driving mechanisms is an important breakthrough for the integrated promotion of synergistic ecosystem-environmental governance and regional sustainable development. In this paper, we used the InVEST model to quantitatively assess the four types of service functions and spatial patterns of water supply, soil conservation, habitat quality, and carbon storage in the Manas River Basin in 2022, explored the spatial differentiation patterns of TOS at different scales by spatial superposition method, and mined the mechanisms of the natural background and socioeconomics of the TOS at different scales using the random forest model. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) All four typical ESs in the Manas River Basin showed significant spatial heterogeneity. (2) There is a scale effect in the spatial evolution pattern of TOS, and 1 km × 1 km, 10 km × 10 km, and sub-watershed scales are the “inflection points” of TOS changes. (3) The response of TOS to natural and social factors varies at different scales. (4) The correlation between TOS and the driving factors is nonlinear, and the difference in the response of TOS to the influencing factors is more obvious at the sub-watershed scale than among the raster scales.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113358"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143686434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xin Li , Dengshuai Chen , Chuanhao Yang , Jianrong Cao
{"title":"Optimization of ecosystem services trade-offs based on NSGA-III and TOPSIS: A case study of the Lower Yellow River Region, China","authors":"Xin Li , Dengshuai Chen , Chuanhao Yang , Jianrong Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113379","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113379","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding and managing the complex trade-offs among multiple ecosystem services (ESs) against the backdrop of rapid urbanization is critical for achieving sustainable ecological and socio-economic development in urbanized areas. Taking the rapidly urbanizing Lower Yellow River Region (LYRR) as a typical case area, this study investigated the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of five ESs including water yield (WY), carbon storage (CS), soil conservation (SC), food production (FP), and habitat quality (HQ) from 1990 to 2020, utilizing multi-source spatiotemporal data and ecological process modeling. Next, correlation analysis was applied to assess their trade-offs and synergies. On this basis, a multi-objective land use spatial optimization model was constructed by integrating the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm III (NSGA-III) and the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), aiming to identify optimal land use configuration scheme for balancing competing ESs under diverse policy scenarios. The results indicate that ESs exhibit diverse evolutionary trends and significant spatial heterogeneity from 1990 to 2020, with most being significantly negatively impacted by urban expansion. In addition, a strong trade-off relationship was observed between WY and CS, HQ, and SC, which intensified over time alongside urbanization. Importantly, optimizing land use spatial patterns can mitigate these trade-offs. For instance, converting 1.3 % of cropland into ecological land under the ecological conservation priority scenario increased CS by 0.26 % and improved HQ by 0.49 %, while maintaining stable FP and WY levels. The carbon sequestration priority scenario was realized by increasing woodland and cropland area, a strategy that not only enhanced HQ by 0.31 % and CS by 0.29 %, but also increased FP by 3.4 × 10<sup>4</sup> tons. Our findings advance the understanding of ESs trade-offs in rapidly urbanizing areas and provide a scientific foundation for land use optimization and ecosystem management in the Yellow River Basin.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11459,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Indicators","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 113379"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143686438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}