WSC 2006 Spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed
Abstract
Understanding spatial distributions, synergies and tradeoffs of multiple ecosystem services (benefits people derive from ecosystems) remains challenging. We analyzed the supply of 10 ecosystem services for 2006 across a large urbanizing agricultural watershed in the Upper Midwest of the United States, and asked: (i) Where are areas of high and low supply of individual ecosystem services, and are these areas spatially concordant across services? (ii) Where on the landscape are the strongest tradeoffs and synergies among ecosystem services located? (iii) For ecosystem service pairs that experience tradeoffs, what distinguishes locations that are win win exceptions from other locations? Spatial patterns of high supply for multiple ecosystem services often were not coincident locations where six or more services were produced at high levels (upper 20th percentile) occupied only 3.3 percent of the landscape. Most relationships among ecosystem services were synergies, but tradeoffs occurred between crop production and water quality. Ecosystem services related to water quality and quantity separated into three different groups, indicating that management to sustain freshwater services along with other ecosystem services will not be simple. Despite overall tradeoffs between crop production and water quality, some locations were positive for both, suggesting that tradeoffs are not inevitable everywhere and might be ameliorated in some locations. Overall, we found that different areas of the landscape supplied different suites of ecosystem services, and their lack of spatial concordance suggests the importance of managing over large areas to sustain multiple ecosystem services. <u>Documentation</u>: Refer to the supporting information of the follwing paper for full details on data sources, methods and accuracy assessment: Qiu, Jiangxiao, and Monica G. Turner. "Spatial interactions among ecosystem services in an urbanizing agricultural watershed." <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</em> 110.29 (2013): 12149-12154.
Dataset ID
290
Data Citation Suggestion
Jiangxiao, Q. and M. Turner. 2022. WSC 2006: Spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed ver 4. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/866369b75d9dea3d47652cb1273d16ca. Accessed 2023-03-31.Creator
Date Range
-
Data Download
Hunting recreation raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Pasture production raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Soil retention raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Surface water quality raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Carbon Storage raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Crop Production raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Flood regulation raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Forest recreation raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Freshwater supply raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.
Groundwater quality raster file from the Jiangxiao (2013) 2006 study of spatial interactions among ecosystem services in the Yahara Watershed.