Spatiotemporal Changes in Ecosystem Services Value and Its Driving Factors in the Karst Region of China

Over the last few decades, most regional ecosystem services (ESs) have significantly deteriorated, primarily driven by an increase in human dominance over natural environment. Creating assessment framework of ESs and identifying its driving factors at scale is challenging for researchers, administrators, policy-makers. In this study, we attempt to quantify economic value (ESV) Guizhou Province from 2000 2018, one prominent areas karst landforms China. We identified major affecting using geographical detector (GD) model. Then, conducted a multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) analysis examine spatial differentiation causal effects both anthropogenic on ESs. Our results demonstrate following: (1) total ESV was approximately USD 81,764.32 million 2000, 82,411.06 2010, 82,065.31 300.99 2018 result remarkable conversion cultivated land forestland; (2) considerable existed distribution county level, with higher eastern region lower western region; (3) among factors, population density had more significant effect than did factors; (4) agricultural output dominant factor influencing during study period, positive correlation, whereas per capita GDP negative impacts ESV, according effective performance MGWR model that evaluated heterogeneity geospatial relationships between ESV. findings can provide notable guidance administrators policy-makers resource conservation management plans, thereby improving sustainability.