Effects of Land Use/Cover Change on the Ecosystem Service Values in the Greater Bay Area of China Accounting for Spatiotemporal Complexity

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Category</td><td class="align_center">Category definition</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Farmland</td><td class="align_center">This includes paddy field and nonirrigated farmland</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Forestland</td><td class="align_center">This includes organic forest, shrubbery, thin stocked land and others woodland</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grassland</td><td class="align_center">This includes three coverage types: high, medium, and low</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Water body</td><td class="align_center">This includes natural and artificial rivers, fishery reservoirs, and lakes</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Wetland</td><td class="align_center">This includes marshland and shallows</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Built-up land</td><td class="align_center">This includes urban land residential land, rural residential land and other built-up land</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Unused land</td><td class="align_center">This includes sand, saline and barren lands, others</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Classification of land use in the GBA.</div>

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Table 2: Effects of Land Use/Cover Change on the Ecosystem Service Values in the Greater Bay Area of China Accounting for Spatiotemporal Complexity 