J.Geogr.Sci.2023,33(4):863-884DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-023-2110-1©2023SciencePressSpringer-VerlagRegionalecosystemservicesrelationshipsandtheirpotentialdrivingfactorsintheYellowRiverBasin,ChinaSHAOYajing1,3,*LIUYansui1,2,LIYuheng2,YUANXuefeng31.YellowRiverInstituteofShaanxiProvince,CollegeofUrbanandEnvironmentalSciences,NorthwestUni-versity,Xi’an710127,China;2.InstituteofGeographicSciencesandNaturalResourcesResearch,CAS,Beijing100101,China;3.SchoolofLandEngineering,Chang’anUniversity,Xi’an710064,ChinaAbstract:TheYellowRiverBasin(YRB)occupiesanimportantpositioninChina’ssocioeco-nomicdevelopmentandecologicalconservationefforts.Understandingthespatiotemporalcharacteristicsoftherelationshipsamongmultipleecosystemservices(ESs)andtheirdriversiscrucialforregionalsustainabledevelopmentandhuman-earthsystemcoordination.Thisstudysimulatedfoodproduction(FP),wateryield(WY),netprimaryproduction(NPP),soilconservation(SC),andhabitatquality(HQ)intheYRBfrom2000to2020,andevaluatedthespatialevolutionandtherelationshipofESsattherasterscale.Redundancyanalysiswasusedtoidentifytheimpactofnatural,socioeconomic,andlandscapepatternsontherela-tionshipbetweenESs.TheresultsdemonstratedthattheaverageHQperunitareade-creasedby18.10%,whileSC,NPP,WY,andFPincreasedby42.68%,47.63%,30.82%,and67.10%,respectively,from2000to2020.TherelationshipbetweenESsintheYRBwasdominatedbyweaktrade-offsandweaksynergiesatatemporalscale,withthetrade-offsstrengthenedintheUpperYellowRiverBasin(UYRB)andtheMiddleYellowRiverBasin(MYRB),andsynergiesstrengthenedintheLowerYellowRiverBasin(LYRB).Atthespatialscale,therelationshipsbetweenHQandWY,HQandSC,HQandNPP,FPandSC,andFPandHQwerealldominatedbytrade-offs,whileotherESpairsweremostlybasedonsyner-gisticrelationships.IntheYRB,therelationshipsamongESsweremainlyinfluencedbyhu-mandisturbance,precipitation,andland-useandexploitationintensity.Specifically,thetrade-offsamongESsintheUYRBwereprimarilyaffectedbyprecipitation,andthoseintheMYRBandLYRBbyhumandisturbance.Thehet...
