Modeling how land use legacy affects the provision of ecosystem services in Mediterranean southern Spain
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Requena Mullor, Juan Miguel; Quintas Soriano, Cristina; Brandt, J.; Cabello Piñar, Francisco Javier; Castro Martínez, Antonio JesúsFecha
2018Resumen
Land use decisions induce legacies that affect the welfare of future generations. Here, we present a spatial modeling approach for quantifying how past land use decisions influence provision of multiple ecosystem services (ESs) based on different land use trajectories.Wemodeled the effect of past land use changes on water regulation, soil protection and habitat quality in southern Spain, one of the most transformed areas of the Mediterranean region.Wedemonstrate a measurable influence of antecedent land use changes on the capacity of a given land use to provide ESs, and that the effect size can vary among different services and land use trajectories. Our results suggest that afforestation programs may decrease habitat quality but not alter soil protection, depending on whether the previous land use was cropland or shrubland. Although it is well-established that land use legacies motivated by past land
decisions are ubiquitous and crucially important for effective landscape management,...
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landscape planning
land-use trajectory
restoration
erosion control
water regulation
habitat quality
human well-being