Table 1 Components of ES ECOSYSTEM SERVICE CATEGORIES Delivery Provisioning Regulating Cultural ECOSYSTEM Biophysical Biophysical Biophysical and social SERVICE CAPACITY: capacity; feature- capacity; capacity; and An ecosystem’s potential process-based process-based to deliver services based (e.g. modeled water (e.g. modeled (e.g. model potential on biophysical and social supply) carbon to provide experience) properties and functions1 sequestration) ECOLOGICAL Events that reduce Environmental Events that reduce PRESSURES: stock and/or disturbances that stock, regenerative, or Anthropogenic and regenerative increase the amount assimilative capacity natural stressors that capacity (e.g. of ecological work of a system; affect capacity or flow of overharvest; water required to meet commonly related to benefits; often attributed impoundments) societal demands overuse to overuse or feedback (e.g. pollution, (e.g. soil compaction, from land management impervious erosion) decision to enhance other surfaces) service capacities2 ECOSYSTEM Amount of service Amount of Desired use (if desired per unit regulation needed rival service) or SERVICE DEMAND: The amount of a service and time multiplied to meet
Table 1 Components of ES Delivery ECOSYSTEM SERVICE CATEGORIES Provisioning Regulating Cultural ECOSYSTEM SERVICE CAPACITY: An ecosystem’s potential to deliver services based on biophysical and social properties and functions1 Biophysical capacity; (e.g. modeled water supply) Biophysical capacity; process-based (e.g. modeled carbon sequestration) Biophysical and social capacity; feature- and process-based (e.g. model potential to provide experience) ECOLOGICAL PRESSURES: Anthropogenic and natural stressors that affect capacity or flow of benefits; often attributed to overuse or feedback from land management decision to enhance other service capacities2 Events that reduce stock and/or regenerative capacity (e.g. overharvest; water impoundments) Environmental disturbances that increase the amount of ecological work required to meet societal demands (e.g. pollution, impervious surfaces) Events that reduce stock, regenerative, or assimilative capacity of a system; commonly related to overuse (e.g. soil compaction, erosion) ECOSYSTEM SERVICE DEMAND: The amount of a service Amount of service desired per unit and time multiplied Amount of regulation needed to meet Desired use (if rival service) or
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