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The total suitability of water yield and carbon sequestration under multi-scenario simulations in the Weihe watershed, China

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Global climate change and national policies play an important role in regional ecosystem services, both of which should be fully considered when exploring their effective use and management. Bayesian belief network (BBN) is often used in complicated system modelling. Using a BBN to construct a network framework of ecosystem services under climate and policy scenarios for exploring the total suitability distribution of ecosystem services is of great significance. In this study, we develop BBN for the total suitability of water yield and carbon sequestration based on hydro-biogeochemical process. And then we predict the probabilities of the total suitability in 2050 through the BBN under multi-scenario simulations accounting for climate change, birth control and carbon tax policies. Finally, total suitability priority regions are mapped, which are synergy development, water yield suitability, carbon sequestration suitability and non-suitability, respectively. Our results indicate forest, cropland, urban area, and grassland have the largest areas under the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 2.6, RCP 4.5, RCP 6.0 and RCP 8.5, respectively. The abolition of the one-child policy has led to a significant expansion of urban areas, and the implementation of the carbon tax policy has greatly increased forest areas. Additionally, temperature, Normalized Vegetation Index (NDVI), precipitation and land use are the key driving factors that influence suitability. The suitable priority regions of different alternatives help policy makers consider ecological protection priorities while addressing management options.

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This study is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41771198, No.41771576; The NSFC-NRF Scientific Cooperation Program (Grant no. 41811540400). The Project Supported by Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (Program No. 2018JM4010). The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Shaanxi Normal University (GK201901009).

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  1. School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710119, People’s Republic of China

    Li Zeng, Jing Li & Yumeng Zhang

  2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People’s Republic of China

    Li Zeng

  3. Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, People’s Republic of China

    Keyu Qin & Jingya Liu

  4. University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Keyu Qin & Jingya Liu

  5. College of Geomatics, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, 710119, People’s Republic of China

    Zixiang Zhou

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Zeng, L., Li, J., Qin, K. et al. The total suitability of water yield and carbon sequestration under multi-scenario simulations in the Weihe watershed, China. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 22461–22475 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08205-5

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