Replication Data for: Assessing ecosystem services in neotropical dry forests : A systematic review

ABSTRACT There is an increasing consensus on the importance of understanding ecosystem service (ES) provision in order to facilitate decision making and the sustainable management of Neotropical dry forests (NTDFs), yet research on the ESs provided by NTDFs is limited. We identified the main existing gaps and trends in the quantification of provisioning, regulating and supporting ESs in NTDFs. Systematic web-based searches showed that research has been increasing in recent decades in NTDFs, supporting greater ES knowledge and assessment. Carbon storage and biodiversity are the main subjects under study, while ESs relating to water and soil lack investigation. The most common approaches for assessing ES were fauna and plant inventories, carbon dynamics and ecological processes.

摘要：越来越多的共识认为，明确生态系统服务（ecosystem service，ES）的供给情况，对于助力新热带干旱林（Neotropical dry forests，NTDFs）的决策制定与可持续管理具有重要意义，但目前针对新热带干旱林所提供的生态系统服务的研究仍较为有限。本研究厘清了新热带干旱林供给、调节与支持类生态系统服务量化研究中现存的主要研究缺口与发展趋势。通过系统性网络文献检索发现，近数十年来针对新热带干旱林的相关研究呈增长态势，推动了生态系统服务相关认知与评估工作的深化。当前研究的核心主题集中于碳储量与生物多样性，而与水、土壤相关的生态系统服务则较少受到研究关注。最常用的生态系统服务评估方法包括动植物调查、碳动态分析与生态过程研究。