109365 20230519145424.0 doi 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101369 sideral 125418 ART-2021-125418 eng Bruno, Daniel Depopulation impacts on ecosystem services in Mediterranean rural areas 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Despite 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. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E40-17R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/RYC2018-025160-I info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MEC/FPU14-01682 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2014-53017-C2-1-R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FJCI2016-29856 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 6.91 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 19 / 128 = 0.148 2021 Q1 T1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 57 / 279 = 0.204 2021 Q1 T1 ECOLOGY 15 / 174 = 0.086 2021 Q1 T1 1.749 2021 Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) 2021 Q1 Ecology 2021 Q1 Nature and Landscape Conservation 2021 Q1 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2021 Q1 Global and Planetary Change 2021 Q1 11.7 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Sorando, Ricardo Álvarez-Farizo, Begoña Castellano, Clara Céspedes, Vanessa Gallardo, Belinda (orcid)0000-0002-1552-8233 Jiménez, Juan J. López, M. Victoria (orcid)0000-0003-0646-2911 López-Flores, Rocío Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-5235-6776 Moret-Fernández, David Navarro, Enrique Picazo, Félix Sevilla-Callejo, Miguel (orcid)0000-0003-1856-4659 Tormo, Jaume Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7037-4970 Vidal-Macua, Juan José Universidad de Zaragoza Nicolau, José Manuel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6514-3641 Comín, Francisco A. 5011 220 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Área Ecología 3006 010 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ. Área Análisis Geográfico Regi. 52 (2021), 101369 [11 pp.] Ecosys. Serv. Ecosystem Services 2212-0416 2699805 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109365/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2362756 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/109365/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:109365 articulos driver 2023-05-18-14:11:09 ARTICLE