BRS: PDF Matthew Mitchell "Managing human-dominated landscapes at multiple scales for ecosystem services and multi-functionality"

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Abstract: How can we effectively manage human-dominated landscapes for both people and nature? This is a critical question as people increasingly impact and modify natural landscapes, but also expect these areas to provide multiple ecosystem services and conserve biodiversity. Using examples from agricultural, urban, and natural ecosystems at local to regional to national scales, I will show how landscape structure underlies many of these relationships, that it is equally important to understand where ecosystem services are provided by ecosystems and where they are demanded by people, and describe new and novel methods to pinpoint critical locations for ecosystem service provision and conservation planning. Working to integrate this knowledge into current decision-making should lead to landscapes that better meet the needs of both people and nature.