Vista Equipo: Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones

Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones

Riparian zones, transitional environments between terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, have been historically threatened in Europe by land reclamation and exploitation of their natural resources. These fragile environments deliver a large number of ecological and societal services, while simultane...

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Autores Principales:	Clerici, Nicola, Paracchini, Maria Luisa, Maes, Joachim
Formato:	Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:	Inglés (English)
Publicado:	Elsevier B.V. 2014
Materias:	Corine land cover 2006 Ecological integrity Ecosystem service capacity Ecosystem services Land-cover change Riparian zones
Acceso en línea:	https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23875 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2014.01.002

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spelling	ir-10336-238752022-05-02T12:37:17Z Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones Clerici, Nicola Paracchini, Maria Luisa Maes, Joachim Corine land cover 2006 Ecological integrity Ecosystem service capacity Ecosystem services Land-cover change Riparian zones Riparian zones, transitional environments between terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, have been historically threatened in Europe by land reclamation and exploitation of their natural resources. These fragile environments deliver a large number of ecological and societal services, while simultaneously playing a key role in the maintenance of biodiversity in fragmented landscapes. At large scales, one of the clearest and most informative indicators of alteration of state and characteristics of ecological systems is land-cover change. A newly available European riparian zone distribution dataset and continental land-cover change information allowed us to obtain an unprecedented continental overview of riparian land conversion and associated drivers, as well as a broad indication of their loss of capacity to provide ecosystem services. The analysis shows that only 1.8% of riparian zones experienced land-cover changes in the period 2000-2006. The majority of riparian changes involved forest loss and forest regrowth due to forestry activities and, to a lesser extent, to fires. Approximately 9% of land-cover changes involved conversion to artificial and agricultural surface, with trajectories largely affecting their ecological integrity. Using land-cover proxy-based indicators we show that the loss of riparian zones' capacity to support ecological integrity and ecosystem services was overall significantly higher than the proportion of converted surface. The methodological approach can be used to support the assessment of environmental policy targets, and for regional planning and management of riparian zones. © 2014 European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of Polish Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier Urban and Partner Sp. z o.o. All rights reserved. 2014 2020-05-26T00:06:18Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 16423593 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23875 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2014.01.002 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Elsevier B.V. instname:Universidad del Rosario
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topic	Corine land cover 2006 Ecological integrity Ecosystem service capacity Ecosystem services Land-cover change Riparian zones
spellingShingle	Corine land cover 2006 Ecological integrity Ecosystem service capacity Ecosystem services Land-cover change Riparian zones Clerici, Nicola Paracchini, Maria Luisa Maes, Joachim Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones
description	Riparian zones, transitional environments between terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, have been historically threatened in Europe by land reclamation and exploitation of their natural resources. These fragile environments deliver a large number of ecological and societal services, while simultaneously playing a key role in the maintenance of biodiversity in fragmented landscapes. At large scales, one of the clearest and most informative indicators of alteration of state and characteristics of ecological systems is land-cover change. A newly available European riparian zone distribution dataset and continental land-cover change information allowed us to obtain an unprecedented continental overview of riparian land conversion and associated drivers, as well as a broad indication of their loss of capacity to provide ecosystem services. The analysis shows that only 1.8% of riparian zones experienced land-cover changes in the period 2000-2006. The majority of riparian changes involved forest loss and forest regrowth due to forestry activities and, to a lesser extent, to fires. Approximately 9% of land-cover changes involved conversion to artificial and agricultural surface, with trajectories largely affecting their ecological integrity. Using land-cover proxy-based indicators we show that the loss of riparian zones' capacity to support ecological integrity and ecosystem services was overall significantly higher than the proportion of converted surface. The methodological approach can be used to support the assessment of environmental policy targets, and for regional planning and management of riparian zones. © 2014 European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of Polish Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier Urban and Partner Sp. z o.o. All rights reserved.
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author	Clerici, Nicola Paracchini, Maria Luisa Maes, Joachim
author_facet	Clerici, Nicola Paracchini, Maria Luisa Maes, Joachim
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title	Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones
title_short	Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones
title_full	Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones
title_fullStr	Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones
title_full_unstemmed	Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones
title_sort	land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in european stream riparian zones
publisher	Elsevier B.V.
publishDate	2014
url	https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23875 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2014.01.002
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Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones

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