[The perceptions of community residents on the importance and satisfaction of ecosystem services and their influencing factors: A case study of Wolong Nature Reserve, China].

Nature reserves are of great significance in maintaining the supply of ecosystem services and sustaining development of local livelihoods. It is important to understand the perceptions of community residents on the importance and satisfaction with ecosystem services in protected areas, which is helpful for prioritizing ecosystem services and coordinating the relationship between ecological protection and resident livelihood development. With Wolong Nature Reserve as a case, we used the participatory rural appraisal method to the perceptions of community residents regarding the importance and satisfaction of ecosystem services. We further employed the importance-satisfaction analysis and multiple regression analysis to examine the differences in their perceptions of various ecosystem services and the influencing factors. The results showed that there were significant differences between the importance and satisfaction for the all types of ecosystem services, except for the regulating service of air purification. Importance-satisfaction analysis indicated that six ecosystem services (freshwater provision, natural disaster prevention, soil fertility maintenance, pest control, scientific knowledge and environmental education, and recreational tourism) were identified as high importance-low satisfaction, which requires high priority in reserve management. Local perceptions of ecosystem services were influenced significantly by the educational level, livelihood type, and geographical location. Residents with different education levels, livelihood types, and geographical locations exhibited different perceptions of the importance and satisfaction with ecosystem services. Among these, livelihood type and geographic location jointly affected residents' perception of importance and satisfaction, while educational level only had a significant impact on satisfaction perception.