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DOI | 10.1038/s41893-020-0574-x |
Reduced ecosystem services of desert plants from ground-mounted solar energy development | |
Grodsky, Steven M.1; Hernandez, Rebecca R.1,2 | |
2020-07-20 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE SUSTAINABILITY |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
出版年 | 2020 |
文章类型 | Article;Early Access |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Although deserts have been the focus of large-scale solar power development, this study finds that ecosystem services are degraded during such development, with impacts not only on plants and animals, but indigenous peoples as well. Deserts are prioritized as recipient environments for solar energy development; however, the impacts of this development on desert plant communities are unknown. Desert plants represent long-standing ecological, economic and cultural resources for humans, especially indigenous peoples, but their role in supplying ecosystem services (ESs) remains understudied. We measured the effect of solar energy development decisions on desert plants at one of the world's largest concentrating solar power plants (Ivanpah, California; capacity of 392 MW). We documented the negative effects of solar energy development on the desert scrub plant community. Perennial plant cover and structure are lower in bladed treatments than mowed treatments, which are, in turn, lower than the perennial plant cover and structure recorded in undeveloped controls. We determined that cacti species and Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera) are particularly vulnerable to solar development (that is, blading, mowing), whereasSchismusspp.-invasive annual grasses-are facilitated by blading. The desert scrub community confers 188 instances of ESs, including cultural services to 18 Native American ethnic groups. Cultural, provisioning and regulating ESs of desert plants are lower in bladed and mowed treatments than in undeveloped controls. Our study demonstrates the potential for solar energy development in deserts to reduce biodiversity and socioecological resources, as well as the role that ESs play in informing energy transitions that are sustainable and just. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000550603400005 |
WOS关键词 | LAND ; CONSERVATION ; BIODIVERSITY |
WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/286770 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.John Muir Inst Environm, Wild Energy Initiat, Davis, CA 95616 USA; 2.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Land Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA 95616 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Grodsky, Steven M.,Hernandez, Rebecca R.. Reduced ecosystem services of desert plants from ground-mounted solar energy development[J]. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,2020. |
APA | Grodsky, Steven M.,&Hernandez, Rebecca R..(2020).Reduced ecosystem services of desert plants from ground-mounted solar energy development.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY. |
MLA | Grodsky, Steven M.,et al."Reduced ecosystem services of desert plants from ground-mounted solar energy development".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY (2020). |
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