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：当前学界日益达成共识，明确理解生态系统服务（ecosystem service, ES）供给对于推动新热带旱林（Neotropical dry forests, NTDFs）的决策制定与可持续管理具有重要意义，但针对新热带旱林所提供的生态系统服务的相关研究仍较为有限。本研究明确了新热带旱林供给型、调节型与支持型生态系统服务量化研究中现存的主要研究空白与发展趋势。系统性网络检索结果显示，近数十年来新热带旱林领域的相关研究呈增长态势，推动了该领域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存与生物多样性，而与水、土壤相关的生态系统服务则较少受到关注。用于评估生态系统服务的常用研究方法包括动植物调查、碳动态研究与生态过程分析。