Assessing regulating and provisioning ecosystem services in a contrasting tropical forest landscape

摘要: Ecosystem services are the bridge between nature and society, essential elements of community well-being. The Wet Tropics Australia, is environmentally biologically diverse, supplies numerous ecosystem services. It contributes to well-being this region, Australian national economy global climate change mitigation efforts. However, in region have rarely been assessed undermining strategic landscape planning sustain their future flow. In study, we attempted to: (i) assess quantity five regulating – regulation, air quality erosion nutrient cyclone protection, three provisioning habitat provision, energy provision timber across rainforests, sclerophyll forests rehabilitated plantation forests; (ii) evaluate variation supply those environmental gradients, such as rainfall, temperature, elevation; (iii) show relationships among services; (iv) identify hotspots single multiple landscape. results showed that rainforests possess a very high capacity services, for most found upland rainforest followed by lowland rainforest, forest. Elevation, rainfall temperature gradients along with forest structure main determinant factors supplied types. correlation may be positive or negative depending on service category vegetation type. provide some comparable rainforest. demonstrated disturbance regimes (such tropical cyclones) influenced usual spatial trend values. This study will assist decision makers incorporating into natural resource management planning, practitioners areas higher values specific