A Study on the Spatio-Temporal Land-Use Changes and Ecological Response of the Dongting Lake Catchment

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Title: A Study on the Spatio-Temporal Land-Use Changes and Ecological Response of the Dongting Lake Catchment
Authors: Nan Yang, Wenbo Mo, Maohuang Li, Xian Zhang, Min Chen, Feng Li, Wanchao Gao
Source: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol 10, Iss 11, p 716 (2021)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Geography (General)
Subject Terms: land-use change, ecosystem service value, conversion matrix, equivalent factor method, Dongting lake catchment, Geography (General), G1-922
More Details: Catchments support the survival and development of humans in a region and investigating the mechanism of land-use changes and ecological responses in catchments is of great significance for improving watershed ecological service functions. Taking the Dongting Lake catchment as the study area, this study used spatial analysis, an ecosystem service value (ESV)-equivalent factor method, grid method, and other spatial analysis methods to explore land-use changes and the corresponding ecological service value response from 1990 to 2015, to provide an important theoretical reference for ecological service management, regional planning and ecological service function improvement in the Dongting Lake Basin. Our findings are as follows: (1) apart from a trend of notable expansion in construction land, the land-use types in the Dongting Lake catchment did not change significantly. (2) Grassland had the fastest transfer-out rate; forest land were cultivated land comparably transferred to each other with a larger area, where both were simultaneously and continuously transferred out as construction land; water areas, wetlands, and construction land were all transferred in, where construction land had the fastest transfer rate. (3) The total ESV of the watershed first increased and then decreased, but the overall change was small; spatially, the wetlands and water areas had a higher ESV, whereas construction land and cultivated land had lower ESVs. (4) Soil protection, gas exchange, climate regulation, biodiversity, and water conservation are always the main ecosystem service functions of a catchment, where the service function of the catchment ecosystem is greater than the productive function. The increase in construction land was the main factor for the increased differences between the spatial distributions of the soil, raw materials, biodiversity protection, and gas exchange.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2220-9964
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/10/11/716; https://doaj.org/toc/2220-9964
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi10110716
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/5b4e70ea111f4c7e8e6b9c00ee438879
Accession Number: edsdoj.5b4e70ea111f4c7e8e6b9c00ee438879
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22209964
DOI:10.3390/ijgi10110716
Published in:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Language:English