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{"title":"Global assessment of ecosystem services and disservices associated with owls","authors":"Anahí E. Formoso ,&nbsp;Pablo Plaza ,&nbsp;Sergio A. Lambertucci","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101707","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101707","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the ecosystem services provided by biodiversity can be useful for its protection and for maintaining ecosystem health and human wellbeing. Although several studies have focused on services provided by some birds, little is known about the role of nocturnal top predators, such as owls (order Strigiformes), as ecosystem services providers. Given that few articles specifically evaluated owl ecosystem services, we reviewed published scientific information on the ecology and natural history of owls to assess their role as providers of ecosystem services and disservices worldwide. Our literature review revealed that owls provide a wide range of ecosystem services and, to a lesser extent, disservices. Regulating ecosystem services were the most frequently reported category (81.8 %), followed by cultural and provisioning ecosystem services, together accounting for 18.2 % of the analyzed articles. Half the studies were conducted in Europe (50 %), followed by South America (19.8 %) and North America (12.5 %); the remaining regions accounted for 17.7 %. The most studied genera were <em>Tyto</em> spp. (63.9 %) and <em>Asio</em> spp. (11.5 %), with regulating ecosystem services being the primary category reported for both genera. Owl ecosystem disservices were few in comparison with the number of ecosystem services. Negative perceptions promote the persecution and killing of owls, affecting their conservation and the services they provide. Owls play a vital role in maintaining ecosystem balance by controlling rodent populations, aiding in disease control, and enriching cultural and scientific knowledge.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101707"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143550793","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}

{"title":"Role of trees in providing and monitoring ecosystem services – Is it possible to use trees as a source of information about future hazardous environmental events?","authors":"Ireneusz Malik,&nbsp;Małgorzata Wistuba,&nbsp;Ruide Yu,&nbsp;Haiyan Zhang,&nbsp;Yang Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101712","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101712","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101712"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143610256","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}

{"title":"Combination of participatory mapping and Maxent model to visualize the cultural ecosystem services at county scale","authors":"Qinqin Shi ,&nbsp;Hai Chen ,&nbsp;Xiaoying Liang ,&nbsp;Di Liu ,&nbsp;Tianwei Geng ,&nbsp;Hang Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101710","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101710","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultural ecosystem services (CESs) evaluation is the key to comprehensively understand and evaluate ecosystem services. Spatial mapping of CESs can provide visual information for ecosystem management. The combination of participatory mapping and Maxent model helps to extend place-based spatial assessment of CESs to the regional scale. In this study, representative samples were obtained through participation mapping method, and the Maxent model was used to realize the spatial mapping of six types of CESs in Mizhi County based on environmental variables, and the influence of environmental variables on the spatial distribution of CESs was analyzed. The results showed that the Maxent model was robust for CESs spatial mapping at county scale. The spatial distributions of six types of CESs in Mizhi County had similar regularity, the high-values were concentrated along the Wuding River and its east–west tributaries, the median and low-values spread to the periphery along the high-value areas successively, but the area proportions of different grades of different types of CESs were different. Moreover, the spatial distribution of different CESs had overlapping areas, 62.62% of the areas had two or more types of CESs. In terms of the impact of environmental variables on the spatial distribution of CESs, the distance to residential areas had the largest contribution rate to all CESs, ranging from 35.88% to 67.37%. The remaining variables had different contribution rates to different CESs, and the distribution probabilities of CESs changed with the change of environmental variable parameters. This study can provide a reference for the spatial mapping of CESs at the regional scale, and promote the incorporation of CESs research into decision-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101710"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143474705","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}

{"title":"A new method to classify cultural ecosystem services and visualize their economic value: A case study of Guilin, a famous tourist destination in China","authors":"Xin Nie ,&nbsp;Chengdao Huang ,&nbsp;Han Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101708","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101708","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cultural ecosystem services (CES) are one of the most important benefits that humans obtain from nature. However, due to inconsistent understanding of CES and challenges in assessment methods, incorporating CES into policy frameworks is difficult. Based on field survey data from Guilin, this paper uses principal component analysis (PCA) to reclassify CES. Then, choice experiments (CE) are combined with the public participation geographic information system (PPGIS) to measure the value of CES in Guilin and realize the spatial visualization of the CES’ economic value. The results are as follows: CES in Guilin can be reclassified into four types: natural and cultural heritage, health and hedonic well-being, aesthetic information, and existence and bequest value of biodiversity. In addition, the preference order of respondents for these types is as follows: aesthetic information, health and hedonic well-being, existence and bequest value of biodiversity, and natural and cultural heritage. The value of CES in Guilin is 0.998 billion yuan/year, and the per capita willingness to pay (WTP) for CES is 219.67 yuan/year. Through the visualization of economic value, this study finds that there is a gradient in CES value in space. The CES assessment method developed in this study is replicable and practically applicable, which is of great significance for promoting the inclusion of CES in policy considerations and improving human well-being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101708"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143474706","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}

{"title":"The role of ecosystem services in the pursuit of the doughnut economy – Implications for meat and dairy agroecosystems","authors":"David Cook ,&nbsp;Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir ,&nbsp;Vincent Elijiah Merida ,&nbsp;Ólafur Ögmundarsson","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101709","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101709","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The doughnut economy framework provides an increasingly popular visualisation of sustainable development, in which the ecological ceilings tied to planetary boundaries are not breached and needs associated with social foundations are satisfied. This conceptual study explores the ecosystem services (ES) of meat and dairy agroecosystems, considering the various ways in which they may impact the core ecological and social components of the doughnut economy framework. Based on ES drawn from a recent systematic literature review, this study discovers that meat and dairy agroecosystems may both contribute to and undermine the pursuit of the doughnut economy in multifaceted ways. Although contributing to the social foundations through provisioning of nutritious food, income and work, and positive health outcomes, ES losses from agroecosystems typically impose direct strain on various ecological ceilings, especially those tied to climate change, land conversion, biodiversity loss, nitrogen and phosphorous loading, and freshwater withdrawals. Furthermore, ES gains, which underpin the pursuit of social foundations, such as food and income and work, can lead to trade-offs with these ecological ceilings, the extent to which depends on the production mode employed. This helps to underscore the importance of sustainable management of agroecosystems, including low-impact and regenerative techniques that can promote the supply of various ES. The paper discusses how the future quantification of indicators and thresholds is important for the practical operationalisation of the doughnut economy framework in different sectoral, spatial, and temporal contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101709"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143479324","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}

{"title":"Meta-analysis and mapping of the monetary value of Mediterranean seagrass ecosystem services","authors":"Valentini Stamatiadou ,&nbsp;Antonios D. Mazaris ,&nbsp;Stelios Katsanevakis","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101704","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101704","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Seagrass meadows in the Mediterranean Sea deliver a broad range of services that benefit the economy and human welfare, yet they remain substantially undervalued in policy decisions. This study systematically reviewed 511 publications, with 17 qualifying for meta-analysis, providing 91 observations (predominantly in the northwestern Mediterranean) across eight ecosystem services (coastal protection, water purification, food provision, climate regulation, biotic materials and biofuels, life cycle maintenance, recreation and tourism, and cognitive effects). Employing a meta-regression model and standardizing values to International dollars (Int.$) per hectare per year (with 2020 as the reference year), the economic value of these services was quantified. A key factor influencing the values of seagrass ecosystem services was the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. The model projected the total annual value of Mediterranean seagrass ecosystem services at approximately 11.6 billion Int.$/yr, with substantial country-specific variations. Italy had the highest valuation, while Slovenia the lowest. The average per hectare value of seagrass ecosystem services was estimated at 8,712 Int.$/ha/yr. This research highlights the utility of meta-analysis and benefit transfer in shaping policy, especially where direct valuation studies are lacking, and emphasizes the need for further seagrass valuation research, particularly in underrepresented Mediterranean regions and less-studied ecosystem services.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101704"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143454743","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":"The importance of indigenous territories for the provision of ecosystem services: A case study in the Brazilian Cerrado-Amazon Transition","authors":"Fernanda Nunes de Araujo Fonseca ,&nbsp;Mercedes Maria da Cunha Bustamante","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101706","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101706","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ecosystem services (ES) modeling has become an essential tool for assessing the spatial distribution of nature’s benefits to people and supporting decision-making in environmental conservation. By integrating biophysical, ecological, and socio-economic data, ES models provide valuable insights into how landscapes sustain key services such as water regulation, carbon storage, and biodiversity maintenance. This study investigates the role of Indigenous Lands (ILs) in providing ES in the Brazilian Cerrado-Amazon transition, a region under intense pressure from the conversion of native vegetation to agriculture and livestock production. Using InVEST models at the watershed scale, we quantified ES related to water supply, erosion control, habitat quality, and terrestrial carbon storage, focusing on the contribution of ILs to these services. Spatial autocorrelation analyses, including the Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) index, were applied to identify significant patterns of contribution from sub-watersheds overlapping ILs. The results indicate that, although ILs cover only 4% of the Cerrado biome, they are crucial for the provision of ES, particularly those related to biodiversity and climate regulation. This research highlights the importance of ILs as protected areas that integrate Indigenous traditional knowledge with biodiversity conservation and ES provision, both of which are essential for regional economies. Public policies must recognize the reciprocal contributions between Indigenous peoples and nature, ensuring land rights and effectively protecting these territories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101706"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143427689","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}

{"title":"Neighbour perspectives on cultural ecosystem services of blue-green infrastructures: The ecovillage Hannover, Germany","authors":"Andrea Nóblega-Carriquiry ,&nbsp;Hug March ,&nbsp;David Sauri ,&nbsp;Jochen Hack","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101701","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101701","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban projects based on Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) are increasingly developed through participatory and bottom-up processes aiming for a more just and equal supply of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES). However, the concept of CES is shaped by underlying assumptions about valuation, governance structures, and power dynamics, which can lead to unequal access to and control over ES benefits. Furthermore, CES are often evaluated post BGI’s construction, focusing on distributive justice with limited scope for adjustments. This article investigates how pre-construction bottom-up processes shape the distribution and recognition of CES among communities and individuals. Using an Environmental Justice lens, it examines CES through three dimensions of justice simultaneously, namely distributional, recognition and procedural. This is tested for the case study of Ecovillage Hannover, an ecological housing project in Germany, developed through a bottom-up approach. After using qualitative and quantitative methods, the findings reveal that i.) the co-productive nature of CES influences their unequal distribution ii.) embracing trade-offs through discussions and confrontations is essential to address conflicting CES values; iii.) integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches supports a more holistic and just application of the CES framework. The study offers insights for public policies on the role of BGI in community-led housing projects, demonstrating how CES perceptions and justice considerations can guide more inclusive and sustainable outcomes, especially during early development stages.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101701"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143349594","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}

{"title":"Effects of invasive species on the ecosystem services of a tropical insular protected area in Brazil","authors":"Millena Hoffmann ,&nbsp;Carla Isobel Elliff ,&nbsp;Guilherme Tavares Nunes","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101703","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2025.101703","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Invasive alien species (IAS) represent a global problem for biodiversity conservation, and a growing concern involving IAS is related to their impacts on ecosystem services. However, their effects on ecosystem services in insular ecosystems are poorly known, which are particularly relevant and concerning due to the fragility and limited resources in these areas for several organisms, including humans. Therefore, the present study aimed to inventory ecosystem services and assess the impact of IAS on these services and the terrestrial ecosystems of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil, which is a tropical protected area. The approach was applied to four IAS: black rat (<em>Rattus rattus</em>), domestic cat (<em>Felis catus</em>), tegu lizard (<em>Salvator merianae</em>), and lead tree (<em>Leucaena leucocephala</em>). A worksheet for ecosystem services was created, using the subdivisions defined in the zoning of the protected areas of Fernando de Noronha as management units, namely Urban Area, Beach Area, Green Area, Primitive Area, and Secondary Island. Additionally, two quantitative approaches were combined: the INvasive Species Effects Assessment Tool (INSEAT) to assess the positive and negative effects of IAS on ecosystem services, based on a questionnaire applied to experts; and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) software to estimate the risk of impacts from IAS. In total, 21 ecosystem services, 41 benefits, and 10 groups of benefitting social actors were identified in Fernando de Noronha. In general, all IAS presented risks to the ecosystem services of Fernando de Noronha, especially <em>F. catus</em> and <em>R. rattus</em>. According to the impact index, the IAS caused negative effects to most ecosystem services considered, but the effects were more pronounced on the provisioning and cultural ecosystem service groups. On the other hand, a positive effect was found for <em>L. leucocephala</em> on regulating and maintenance services, although with a low impact index. With the exception of the Urban Area, all management units showed a high risk of being impacted by IAS, especially the Primitive Area. The main social actors impacted by the IAS were the local community, the floating population, and the Administration. The present study is the first to combine these quantitative techniques (INSEAT and InVEST) and represents a set of guidelines for ecosystem-based management to mitigate the impact of IAS, aiming at the maintenance and improvement of ecosystem services within protected areas in insular environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101703"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143349593","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}

{"title":"The economic value of human-honeyguide mutualism in Reserva Especial do Niassa, Moçambique","authors":"Jessica E.M. van der Wal ,&nbsp;Celestino Dauda ,&nbsp;David J. Lloyd-Jones ,&nbsp;Horácio Murico ,&nbsp;Colleen M. Begg ,&nbsp;Keith S. Begg ,&nbsp;Agostinho A. Jorge ,&nbsp;Claire N. Spottiswoode","doi":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101696","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101696","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>People in many rural societies rely on wild birds for their livelihoods, often without benefiting the birds. A notable exception is the mutually beneficial relationship between humans and the greater honeyguide (<em>Indicator indicator</em>), a wax-eating bird that guides people to bees’ nests. Humans gain honey for food and income, while the birds feed on beeswax. Here, we estimated the economic value of honeyguides to honey-hunters in Moçambique’s Reserva Especial do Niassa (REN), where these birds regularly help locate wild honey. From interviews and community-collected data we estimated that, on average, honey-hunters sold 37 L[CI: 30, 44] of honey annually, earning $63[CI: 50, 76], and that three-quarters of the honey volume harvested was found with honeyguides. From these estimates we determined that an average Niassa honey-hunter earned $48 in 2018 (or $80 when applying 2023 prices) from selling 28 L of honey collected with honeyguides. With REN’s high poverty levels and low employment rates, these earnings are likely vital to household subsistence. Surveys by community wildlife guardians estimated ∼ 500 honey-hunters selling honey in REN, generating a total of $23,900 in 2018, or $40,700 when applying 2023 prices, from honey collected with honeyguides. Honey-hunting with honeyguides is a unique and dwindling cultural tradition that continues to thrive in REN, offering significant economic, livelihood and cultural benefits to rural communities living in miombo woodlands. Safeguarding these habitats and ensuring human access to them is imperative not only for their material benefits, but also to preserve this shared human heritage of partnership with wildlife. Please see <span><span>AfricanHoneyguides.com</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>/abstract-translations for a Portuguese translation of the abstract.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51312,"journal":{"name":"Ecosystem Services","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 101696"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143180823","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}