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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.; Hernandez, Rebecca R.
通讯作者	Grodsky, SM
来源期刊	NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
ISSN	2398-9629
出版年	2020
卷号	3 期号:12 页码:1036-1043
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.
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	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
来源机构	University of California, Davis
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325115
作者单位	[Grodsky, Steven M.; Hernandez, Rebecca R.] John Muir Inst Environm, Wild Energy Initiat, Davis, CA 95616 USA; [Hernandez, Rebecca R.] 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]. University of California, Davis,2020,3(12):1036-1043.
APA	Grodsky, Steven M.,&Hernandez, Rebecca R..(2020).Reduced ecosystem services of desert plants from ground-mounted solar energy development.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,3(12),1036-1043.
MLA	Grodsky, Steven M.,et al."Reduced ecosystem services of desert plants from ground-mounted solar energy development".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 3.12(2020):1036-1043.