A global view of regulatory ecosystem services: existed knowledge, trends, and research gaps

Ecological Processes

Table 2 The correspondence of the classification of RES proposed in this paper with other previous research work classifications

This paper	(MA 2005)	(Liquete et al. 2013)	(Beaumont et al.2007)
Water quality and purification	Water purification and waste treatment	Water purification	Bioremediation of waste
Water quality and purification	Nutrient cycling	Water purification	Nutrient cycling
Air quality regulation	Air quality regulation	Air quality regulation	Gas and climate regulation
Natural hazard regulation	Natural hazard regulation	Coastal protection	Disturbance prevention
Water flow regulation	Water regulation
Erosion regulation	Erosion regulation
Soil/sediment retention	Erosion regulation
Climate regulation, micro-climate, carbon storage, and sequestration, urban heat islands	Climate regulation	Climate regulation	Gas and climate regulation
Noise reduction	Climate regulation	Weather regulation	Gas and climate regulation
Nutrient cycling	Nutrient cycling	Ocean nourishment	Nutrient cycling
Pollination	Pollination	Life cycle maintenance	Biological mediated habitat
Pest regulation	Pest regulation	Biological regulation	N/A
Disease regulation	Disease regulation	Biological regulation	N/A

ES such as “carbon storage,” “carbon sequestration,” “climate regulation,” “micro-climate regulation,” “temperature,” “thermal comfort of inhabitants,” and “urban heat islands” in this paper has been grouped under climate regulation