Spatiotemporal Changes and Driving Factors of Ecosystem Services in the Yangtze River Delta, China: Insights from XGBoost and Structural Equation Modeling
Ecosystem services (ESs) are the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. Clarifying their spatiotemporal changes and driving factors is fundamental to regional ecological security. The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is one of the most urbanized and human-disturbed regions in China. This study quantified six ecosystem s...