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DOI	10.1007/s10113-019-01525-4
	The threat of energy diversification to a bioregion: a landscape-level analysis of current and future impacts on the US Chihuahuan Desert
	McClung, Maureen R.; Taylor, Nathan T.; Zamzow, Benjamin K.; Stone, E. Taylor; Abad, Helena; Moran, Matthew D.
通讯作者	McClung, Maureen R.
来源期刊	REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ISSN	1436-3798
EISSN	1436-378X
出版年	2019
卷号	19 期号:7 页码:1949-1962
英文摘要	Landscapes are being impacted by rapid change, especially by diversifying energy industries. As this process occurs, habitats with little development and fragmentation are now facing increasing anthropogenic change. We studied current patterns of land use and ecosystem services costs of energy development and predicted future impacts in the US Chihuahuan Desert. We measured land developed and modified by oil and gas, wind, and solar industries and mapped levels of development and fragmentation across the US Chihuahuan Desert, followed by an estimation of annual energy-related ecosystem services costs. Based on energy resource estimates, we then projected future risk of development in the bioregion. The oil and gas industry has developed and fragmented about 27% (58,000 km(2)) of the US Chihuahuan Desert. Wind and solar comprise small amounts of development and fragmentation. We estimated annual ecosystem services costs of all energy industries at 180 million USD, concentrated in climate regulation, raw materials, and cultural services. Two-thirds of the desert remains relatively unfragmented in a contiguous corridor along the western portion of the bioregion. However, this corridor is threatened by energy expansion, especially wind and solar energy. With this expansion, the bioregion could become highly fragmented and continuity of habitats compromised. We suggest conservation efforts focus on the remaining corridor, while future energy development should occur in areas already highly modified by energy infrastructure. With continuing expansion and diversification of global energy sources, our findings in the Chihuahuan Desert could represent threats to other ecologically valuable bioregions that have historically experienced little industrial development.
英文关键词	Land-use Ecosystem services Fragmentation Energy development Chihuahuan Desert
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000488930500010
WOS关键词	UNCONVENTIONAL GAS DEVELOPMENT ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; WIND ENERGY ; LAND-USE ; HABITAT LOSS ; OIL ; POPULATION ; CONSERVATION ; BIODIVERSITY ; DIVERSITY
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218325
作者单位	Hendrix Coll, Dept Biol, 1600 Washington Ave, Conway, AR 72032 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	McClung, Maureen R.,Taylor, Nathan T.,Zamzow, Benjamin K.,et al. The threat of energy diversification to a bioregion: a landscape-level analysis of current and future impacts on the US Chihuahuan Desert[J],2019,19(7):1949-1962.
APA	McClung, Maureen R.,Taylor, Nathan T.,Zamzow, Benjamin K.,Stone, E. Taylor,Abad, Helena,&Moran, Matthew D..(2019).The threat of energy diversification to a bioregion: a landscape-level analysis of current and future impacts on the US Chihuahuan Desert.REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE,19(7),1949-1962.
MLA	McClung, Maureen R.,et al."The threat of energy diversification to a bioregion: a landscape-level analysis of current and future impacts on the US Chihuahuan Desert".REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE 19.7(2019):1949-1962.