Human transformation of ecosystems: Comparing protected andunprotected areas with natural baselines

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11690/16:10323829 RIV/00216208:11240/16:10323829

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.001" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.001</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Human transformation of ecosystems: Comparing protected andunprotected areas with natural baselines

Original language description

tProtected areas serve as reserves of biological diversity and conserve the naturalness of characteristicregional ecosystems. Numerous approaches have been applied to estimate the level of transformation ofecosystems and to compare trends inside and outside of protected areas. In this study, we apply aggregateindicators of anthropogenic pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity in a fine-scale spatial analysis tocompare the level of human influence within protected and unprotected areas. The actual state of ecosys-tems is compared to a natural baseline that is intact or potential natural state. The results show that in anon-protected Central-European landscape, humans appropriate a considerable share of natural ecosys-tem productivity and carbon stocks, and significantly reduce natural biodiversity and ecosystem services.Human appropriation of net primary production reached more than 60% in total, humans reduced orig-inal biodiversity levels by 69%, and net carbon storage was considerably decreased by intensive typesof land use. All three indicators significantly differed between protected areas and unprotected areas,suggesting that protected areas maintain higher biodiversity levels, store more carbon and are in totalless influenced by human exploitation than average non-protected landscape. Furthermore, we bringevidence that human appropriation of net primary production is negatively related both to biodiversityand ecosystem services indicated by mean species abundance and net carbon storage at the nationallevel. Our results contribute to the quantitative evidence of the impacts of anthropogenic transforma-tion of natural ecosystems on the ecosystem condition, supporting the hypothesis that protected areassignificantly reduce anthropogenic pressures and contribute to maintaining critical ecosystem servicesand biodiversity.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1415" target="_blank" >LO1415: CzechGlobe 2020 – Development of the Centre of Global Climate Change Impacts Studies</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ecological Indicators

ISSN

1470-160X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

66

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUL

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

321-328

UT code for WoS article

000388912300035

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84958167266