Spatial patterns and interrelationships between biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Wujiang River Basin

doi:10.17520/biods.2023061

Abstract

Abstract:

Aims: There is a close relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services. This study seeks to clarify the complex relationships and feedback mechanisms experienced between biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Method: Based on the spatial distribution pattern of species, this study utilized the MaxEnt model and Zonation software to evaluate the biodiversity of the Wujiang River Basin and applied the InVEST (integrated valuation of ecosystem services and tradeoffs) model to account for various ecosystem services. The study also used the random forest and partial dependence plot (PDP) machine learning models to analyze the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Wujiang River Basin.

Results: The results showed that the biodiversity in the northeast of the Wujiang River Basin exhibited a distribution pattern of high, while in the southwest, the distribution pattern was low, with the downstream > midstream > upstream. In 2020, the Wujiang River Basin water supply was 810.57 mm/m²; the food supply was 735.08 kg/ha; carbon fixation was 134.00 Mg/ha; water conservation capacity was 227.98 mm/m²; soil conservation capacity was 401.30 t/ha, and the habitat quality was 0.68. Water supply, accounting for 66.24%, and water conservation, accounting for 44.72%, had relatively high contributions to biodiversity. Except for food supply, an ecosystem service that relies on human activities, all other ecosystem services positively correlated with biodiversity.

Conclusion: The study indicate that ecosystem services influenced strongly by climate and human activities drive changes in biodiversity, but biodiversity is a regulatory factor of some importance for ecosystem services that depend on biological functions.

Key words: Wujiang River Basin, biodiversity, ecosystem services, spatial distribution pattern

Junyi Yang, Xiao Guan, Junsheng Li, Jingjing Liu, Haojing Hao, Huairui Wang. Spatial patterns and interrelationships between biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Wujiang River Basin[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2023, 31(7): 23061.

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	供给服务 Supply services				调节服务 Regulating services				支持服务 Supporting services
	水源供给 Water supply		粮食供给 Grain supply		固碳服务 Carbon sequestration service		水源涵养 Water conservation		土壤保持 Soil conservation		生境质量 Habitat quality
		均值 Mean (mm/m²)	总量 Total (× 10⁸ m³)	均值 Mean (kg/ha)	总量 Total (× 10⁴ t)	均值 Mean (Mg/ha)	总量 Total (Tg)	均值 Mean (mm/m²)	总量 Total (× 10⁸ m³)	均值 Mean (t/ha)	总量 Total (× 10⁸ t)	均值 Mean
	上游 Upstream	709.85	137.94	826.30	160.60	127.30	247.41	146.13	28.37	329.24	6.40	0.63
中游 Midstream	741.94	187.51	737.81	186.49	129.74	328.00	203.06	51.28	272.42	6.88	0.66
下游 Downstream	896.37	386.86	692.40	298.88	134.00	578.40	279.42	120.52	509.21	21.98	0.72
全流域 Total basin	810.57	712.31	735.08	645.97	131.30	1,153.81	227.98	200.18	401.30	35.26	0.68

	供给服务 Supply services				调节服务 Regulating services				支持服务 Supporting services
	水源供给 Water supply		粮食供给 Grain supply		固碳服务 Carbon sequestration service		水源涵养 Water conservation		土壤保持 Soil conservation		生境质量 Habitat quality
		均值 Mean (mm/m²)	总量 Total (× 10⁸ m³)	均值 Mean (kg/ha)	总量 Total (× 10⁴ t)	均值 Mean (Mg/ha)	总量 Total (Tg)	均值 Mean (mm/m²)	总量 Total (× 10⁸ m³)	均值 Mean (t/ha)	总量 Total (× 10⁸ t)	均值 Mean
	上游 Upstream	709.85	137.94	826.30	160.60	127.30	247.41	146.13	28.37	329.24	6.40	0.63
中游 Midstream	741.94	187.51	737.81	186.49	129.74	328.00	203.06	51.28	272.42	6.88	0.66
下游 Downstream	896.37	386.86	692.40	298.88	134.00	578.40	279.42	120.52	509.21	21.98	0.72
全流域 Total basin	810.57	712.31	735.08	645.97	131.30	1,153.81	227.98	200.18	401.30	35.26	0.68