生态系统服务研究的进展与挑战.pdfVIP

March, 2014 Journal of Resources and Ecology Vol.5 No.1 J. Resour. Ecol. 2014 5 (1) 082-090 DOI:10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2014.01.010 Report Recent Advances and Challenges in Ecosystem Service Research 1 2 1 ZHANG Yongmin *, ZHAO Shidong and GUO Rongchao 1 College of Resources and Environment, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou 450046, China; 2 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China Abstract: Despite its recency as a research area, ecosystem service research has developed over the last decade into a significant area of science. In this paper we review recent advances and challenges in ecosystem service research. Our review finds that (i) Ecosystem services are ubiquitous in biosphere. But they are treated differently among scientific communities. In order for the concept of ecosystem services to make a large and meaningful contribution to conservation and human well-being, it needs to be clearly defined and put into a framework so that it is both fit for a given research purpose and operational for management decisions. In addition, there is not one classification scheme for all purposes. Ecosystem services should be classified based upon both the characteristics of ecosystem services of interest and a context for which the concept of ecosystem services is being mobilized. (ii) As sources of human well-being, ecosystem services have several key ecological and economic characteristics such as complexity, spatial scales, public-private goods aspect and benefit dependence. Understanding these characteristics is a prerequisite for measuring, modeling, valu