Abiotic Ecosystem Services in the Chapada Do Araripe, Unesco World Heritage Tentative Site

Abiotic Ecosystem Services in the Chapada Do Araripe, Unesco World Heritage Tentative Site | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Abiotic Ecosystem Services in the Chapada Do Araripe, Unesco World Heritage Tentative Site Francisco Hermínio Ramalho Araújo, Marco Túlio Mendonça Diniz, and 4 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9202337/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 10 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Geodiversity provides benefits to society through the provision of ecosystem services (ES), which can occur in different landscapes, including exceptional landscapes. Similar sets of physical landscape variables, particularly from a geological, geomorphological and climatological perspective, form the Homogeneous Units of Geodiversity (HGUs). The aim of the research was to identify the HGUs and quantify the abiotic ES of each unit in the Chapada do Araripe, which is a UNESCO World Heritage tentative site. The methods employed were proposed based on a bibliographic and cartographic survey; a field questionnaire was used to assess the abiotic ES using the proposed method. The results indicate that the exceptional HGUs, under a sub-humid climate and under the direct influence of the relief, offer a greater supply of ecosystem services. The relationship between relief and climate determines the supply of services in the study area, particularly those related to regulation and support. Geoheritage WHS Ecosystem services Exceptional landscape Forest disjunction Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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