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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2010, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (3): 723-733.

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Changes of agroecosystem services value under effects of land consolidation.

ZHANG Zhen1|GAO Jin-quan2|Yang Wei3|WEI Chao-fu3   

  1. 1Department of Management Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Urban Construction, Tianjin 300384, China;2Tianjin Center for Popularization of Agricultural Technique, Tianjin 300061, China;3Siping Popularization of Agricultural Technique Station, Siping 136000, Jilin, China;4College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China
  • Online:2010-03-20 Published:2010-03-20

Abstract: This paper quantitatively described the changes of agroecosystem functions before (2003) and after (2007) the implementation of Gaolong land consolidation project in Hechuan of Chongqing. Engineering design and shadow price were  integrated to quantify the effects of the project on the functions, and cost-benefit analysis was used to further explain the economic meanings of the functions, and to analyze the changes of the agroecosystem services value under effects of the project. Compared with that before the land consolidation, the agroecosystem services value after the land consolidation was somewhat improved, with the largest increment of nutrient cycling function and the smallest change of soil conservation function. In the implementation of the project, the changes of the agroecosystem services value induced by farmland water conservancy, field road building, and land-leveling engineering mainly manifested in the change of disturbance function. From the 7th to 35th year after the project, the cost benefit would have a rapid increase, and tended to be stable after then, giving a weak ecological pressure and little services value loss, and benefiting the improvement of regional ecological environment.

Key words: land consolidation, ecosystem services value, cost-benefit analysis,  project effect, Hechuan, polypore diversity, floral composition, distribution character, protection.