Scale and ecosystem services how do observation, management, and analysis shift with scale—lessons from Québec

Ecosystem service assessment and management are shaped by the scale at which they are conducted; however, there has been little systematic investigation of the scales associated with ecosystem service processes, such as production, benefit distribution, and management. We examined how social-ecologi...

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Published in:Ecology and society Vol. 21; no. 3; p. 16
Main Authors: Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara, Peterson, Garry D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 01.01.2016
Subjects:
Agricultural management
Agroecosystems
covariance
Crop production
Ecosystem management
ecosystem service bundles
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Landscapes
Mont Saint-Hilaire
problem of fit
Provisioning ecosystem services
Regulating ecosystem services
scaling
social-ecological
spatial
trade-offs
Watersheds
Canada, Quebec
ISSN:1708-3087, 1708-3087
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Summary:Ecosystem service assessment and management are shaped by the scale at which they are conducted; however, there has been little systematic investigation of the scales associated with ecosystem service processes, such as production, benefit distribution, and management. We examined how social-ecological spatial scale impacts ecosystem service assessment by comparing how ecosystem service distribution, trade-offs, and bundles shift across spatial scales. We used a case study in Québec, Canada, to analyze the scales of production, consumption, and management of 12 ecosystem services and to analyze how interactions among 7 of these ecosystem services change across 3 scales of observation (1, 9, and 75 km²). We found that ecosystem service patterns and interactions were relatively robust across scales of observation; however, we identified 4 different types of scale mismatches among ecosystem service production, consumption, and management. Based on this analysis, we have proposed 4 aspects of scale that ecosystem service assessments should consider.
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ISSN:1708-3087
1708-3087
DOI:10.5751/ES-08605-210316