Abstract
García-Llorente, M., I. Iniesta-Arandia, B. A. Willaarts, P. A. Harrison, P. Berry, M. del Mar Bayo, A. J. Castro, C. Montes, and B. Martín-López. 2015. Biophysical and sociocultural factors underlying spatial trade-offs of ecosystem services in semiarid watersheds. Ecology and Society 20(3):39. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07785-200339
Highlights
It is widely recognized that ecosystems directly or indirectly contribute to human well-being through the supply of vital ecosystem services (MA 2005, Díaz et al 2006)
Hydrological factors The pattern of blue (BWF) and green (GWF) freshwater generation follows a clear geographical gradient
Quijas et al (2012) highlight that plant diversity and water availability represent the key biotic and abiotic factors, underpinning the supply of ecosystem services. This statement is supported by our findings, which show that the maintenance of both blue and green freshwater flows, and biological trait-based indicators are essential for providing a diverse flow of ecosystem services and maintaining sustainable social-ecological systems (SESs) in this semiarid system
Summary
It is widely recognized that ecosystems directly or indirectly contribute to human well-being through the supply of vital ecosystem services (MA 2005, Díaz et al 2006). The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (http://millenniumassessment.org/en/ index.aspx), the Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity (http:// www.teebweb.org/), and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (http://www.ipbes.net) have brought the ecosystem services concept into broader environmental planning and policy arenas. This has been possible because of the development of new conceptual and analytical frameworks that analyze the complex relationships between biophysical and social systems (Ban et al 2013). All are jointly affected by different drivers of change (Fig. 1)
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