The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas
The aim of this paper is to assess and highlight the significance of cultural landscapes in protected areas, considering both biodiversity and the delivery of provisioning ecosystem services. In order to do that, we analyzed 26 protected areas in Andalusia (Spain), all of them Natural or National Pa...
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| author | Maldonado González, Ana Devaki Ramos López, Darío Aguilera Aguilera, Pedro |
| author_facet | Maldonado González, Ana Devaki Ramos López, Darío Aguilera Aguilera, Pedro |
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| description | The aim of this paper is to assess and highlight the significance of cultural landscapes in protected areas, considering both biodiversity and the delivery of provisioning ecosystem services. In order to do that, we analyzed 26 protected areas in Andalusia (Spain), all of them Natural or National Parks, regarding some of their ecosystem services (agriculture, livestock grazing, microclimate regulation, environmental education and tourism) and diversity of the four terrestrial vertebrate classes: amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds. A cluster analysis was also run in order to group the 26 protected areas according to their dominant landscape. The results show that protected areas dominated by dehesa (a heterogeneous system containing different states of ecological maturity), or having strong presence of olive groves, present a larger area of delivery of provisioning ecosystem services, on average. These cultural landscapes play an essential role not only for biodiversity conservation but also as providers of provisioning ecosystem services. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-75792023-04-12T18:59:57Z The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas Maldonado González, Ana Devaki Ramos López, Darío Aguilera Aguilera, Pedro biodiversity Natural Parks cultural ecosystem services regulating ecosystem services drivers of change The aim of this paper is to assess and highlight the significance of cultural landscapes in protected areas, considering both biodiversity and the delivery of provisioning ecosystem services. In order to do that, we analyzed 26 protected areas in Andalusia (Spain), all of them Natural or National Parks, regarding some of their ecosystem services (agriculture, livestock grazing, microclimate regulation, environmental education and tourism) and diversity of the four terrestrial vertebrate classes: amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds. A cluster analysis was also run in order to group the 26 protected areas according to their dominant landscape. The results show that protected areas dominated by dehesa (a heterogeneous system containing different states of ecological maturity), or having strong presence of olive groves, present a larger area of delivery of provisioning ecosystem services, on average. These cultural landscapes play an essential role not only for biodiversity conservation but also as providers of provisioning ecosystem services. 2020-01-20T06:51:56Z 2020-01-20T06:51:56Z 2019-04-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2071-1050 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7579 en https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/9/2471 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | biodiversity Natural Parks cultural ecosystem services regulating ecosystem services drivers of change Maldonado González, Ana Devaki Ramos López, Darío Aguilera Aguilera, Pedro The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas |
| title | The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas |
| title_full | The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas |
| title_short | The Role of Cultural Landscapes in the Delivery of Provisioning Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas |
| title_sort | role of cultural landscapes in the delivery of provisioning ecosystem services in protected areas |
| topic | biodiversity Natural Parks cultural ecosystem services regulating ecosystem services drivers of change |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7579 |
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