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000109365 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101369
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000109365 100__ $$aBruno, Daniel
000109365 245__ $$aDepopulation impacts on ecosystem services in Mediterranean rural areas
000109365 260__ $$c2021
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000109365 5203_ $$aDespite the exponential increase in human population at global scale, some rural areas have experienced a progressive abandonment over the last decades. Under particular socioecological and policy contexts, changes in demography may promote land-use changes and, consequently, alter ecosystem services (ES) supply. However, most studies on this topic have targeted urban population increase, whereas depopulation has been rarely addressed. Here, we examined how shifts in demographic variables (human population, population density, and number of villages) affect provisioning (water supply, food and biomass production) and regulating (soil retention, water and nutrient regulation) ES in Mediterranean rural areas with contrasting environmental, so-cioeconomic and land-use contexts. When depopulation results in underuse of socio-ecological systems, we ex-pected a decrease of provisioning and an increase of regulating ES, whereas we expected the opposite pattern when it results in land-use intensification. To test this hypothesis, we compared demographic data and ES estimated with Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) linked to land-use changes between the 1950s and 2000s in three rural areas of Arag ́on (NE Spain). Generalized Additive Mixed Models and Linear Mixed-Effect Models were used to analyze demographic trends, ES changes and the relationship between them. We found severe depopulation (− 42% inhabitants) and associated land-use changes in the three areas, which was particularly evident in isolated mountainous zones (− 63% inhabitants). Depopulation trends significantly affected land use and, consequently, all of the ES evaluated. In mountainous depopulated areas, land abandonment and rewilding resulted in the increase in water regulation (>1000%) and soil retention (>400%). In contrast, agriculture was intensified in more fertile and easy-to-access lowland areas, boosting the food production service (>600%). Accordingly, the interactions among depopulation, crop production and regulating ES should be considered in the management schemes and policies targeting rural areas for a balanced and sustainable supply of ES in the long term.
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000109365 591__ $$aENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES$$b19 / 128 = 0.148$$c2021$$dQ1$$eT1
000109365 593__ $$aAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)$$c2021$$dQ1
000109365 591__ $$aENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES$$b57 / 279 = 0.204$$c2021$$dQ1$$eT1
000109365 593__ $$aEcology$$c2021$$dQ1
000109365 591__ $$aECOLOGY$$b15 / 174 = 0.086$$c2021$$dQ1$$eT1
000109365 593__ $$aNature and Landscape Conservation$$c2021$$dQ1
000109365 593__ $$aManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law$$c2021$$dQ1
000109365 593__ $$aGlobal and Planetary Change$$c2021$$dQ1
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000109365 700__ $$aSorando, Ricardo
000109365 700__ $$aÁlvarez-Farizo, Begoña
000109365 700__ $$aCastellano, Clara
000109365 700__ $$aCéspedes, Vanessa
000109365 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1552-8233$$aGallardo, Belinda
000109365 700__ $$aJiménez, Juan J.
000109365 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-0646-2911$$aLópez, M. Victoria
000109365 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-5235-6776$$aLópez-Flores, Rocío$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000109365 700__ $$aMoret-Fernández, David
000109365 700__ $$aNavarro, Enrique
000109365 700__ $$aPicazo, Félix
000109365 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1856-4659$$aSevilla-Callejo, Miguel
000109365 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7037-4970$$aTormo, Jaume$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000109365 700__ $$aVidal-Macua, Juan José$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000109365 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6514-3641$$aNicolau, José Manuel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000109365 700__ $$aComín, Francisco A.
000109365 7102_ $$15011$$2220$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural$$cÁrea Ecología
000109365 7102_ $$13006$$2010$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.$$cÁrea Análisis Geográfico Regi.
000109365 773__ $$g52 (2021), 101369 [11 pp.]$$pEcosys. Serv.$$tEcosystem Services$$x2212-0416
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