Article Ecosystem Services and Ecological Restoration in the Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau, China, in Relation to Climate Fluctuation and Investments in Natural Capital Hejie Wei 1,2, Weiguo Fan 1,2, Zhenyu Ding 3, Boqi Weng 4, Kaixiong Xing 5, Xuechao Wang 1,2, Nachuan Lu 1,2, Sergio Ulgiati 6 and Xiaobin Dong 1,2,7,* 1 State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Beijing 100875, China;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +86-10-5880-7058 Academic Editors: Vincenzo Torretta Received: 07 December 2016; Accepted: 19 January 2017; Published: 1 February 2017 Abstract: Accurately identifying the spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of ecosystem services (ES) in ecological restoration is important for ecosystem management and the sustainability of nature conservation strategies.