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Oasis land-use change and its effects on the eco-environment in Yanqi Basin, Xinjiang, China

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Satellite data and the published coefficients about the world's and China's ecosystem were used to analyze the effects of land-use changes on the ecosystem service in the Yanqi Basin. Both economic developments and arid, fragile ecosystems have strongly affected the land use. A sensitivity analysis determined the effect of manipulating the coefficients on the estimated values. Results indicated that (1) the total value of ecosystem services in the Yanqi Basin were 9,374.66, 10,450.52, 9,964.20, and 9,8707.77 million Yuan in 1990, 2000, 2005, and 2011, respectively. The net increase in ecosystem service values were about 496.11 million Yuan within 1990–2011; (2) The aggregated ecosystem service values of water body, wetlands, grasslands, and croplands were about 99.25 % of the total value; (3) Waste treatment and soil formation were the top two ecological functions with high service values and contributing about 61.70 % of the total service values; and (4) Ecosystem service values estimated in this study were inelastic with respect to the value coefficients; therefore, the estimation was robust in spite of uncertainties on the value coefficients. A reasonable land-use plan should be based on rigorous environmental impact analyses for maintaining stability and sustainable development of the Yanqi Basin.

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This work was supported jointly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1138302, No. 41171036, and No. 41201032). We are also extremely thankful for the reviewers’ work.

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  1. College of Resources and Environment Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China

    Zulpiya Mamat, Anwar Eziz & Ajigul Ablimit

  2. Xinjiang Laboratory of Lake Environment and Resource in Arid Zone, Key Laboratory of Xingjiang, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, 830054, China

    Hamid Yimit

  3. College of Geographic Science and Tourism, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, 830054, Xinjiang, China

    Hamid Yimit

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Mamat, Z., Yimit, H., Eziz, A. et al. Oasis land-use change and its effects on the eco-environment in Yanqi Basin, Xinjiang, China. Environ Monit Assess 186, 335–348 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-013-3377-y

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