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DOI 10.1007/s13280-019-01261-3
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Title (Primary) Distant regions underpin interregional flows of cultural ecosystem services provided by birds and mammals
Author Schröter, M.; Kraemer, R.; Remme, R.P.; van Oudenhov, A.P.E.
Source Titel Ambio
Year 2020
Department CLE; MET; iDiv
Volume 49
Issue 5
Page From 1100
Page To 1113
Language englisch
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Keywords Biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem service flows; Service-providing species; Sustainability; Telecoupling
Abstract Ecosystem service assessments rarely consider flows between distant regions. Hence, telecoupling effects such as conservation burdens in distant ecosystems are ignored. We identified service-providing species for two cultural ecosystem services (existence and bequest, and birdwatching) and two receiving, i.e. benefitting, regions (Germany, the Netherlands). We delineated and analysed sending, i.e. service-providing, regions on a global scale. The proportion of service-providing species with distant habitats was higher for birdwatching (Germany: 58.6%, Netherlands: 59.4%), than for existence and bequest (Germany: 49.3%, Netherlands: 57.1%). Hotspots of sending regions were predominantly situated in tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands and were significantly more threatened and poorer than the global mean. Hotspot protection levels for flows to Germany were higher than the global mean, and lower for the Dutch hotspots. Our findings increase understanding on how distant regions underpin ecosystem services and necessitate interregional assessment as well as conservation efforts.
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Schröter, M., Kraemer, R., Remme, R.P., van Oudenhov, A.P.E. (2020):
Distant regions underpin interregional flows of cultural ecosystem services provided by birds and mammals
Ambio 49 (5), 1100 - 1113 10.1007/s13280-019-01261-3