A comprehensive approach for agroecosystem services and disservices valuation

Zabala, José A.; Martínez‐Paz, José Miguel; Alcón, Francisco

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144859

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“…Contrary to what is assumed in many local management settings, there is no negative perception of the type of biodiversity characteristic of these ecosystems, in which water is scarce and the vegetation sparse. This result is in line with the positive attitudes of the population towards protected natural areas (Alcon et al, 2019) or semi-arid agroecosystems (Zabala et al, 2021) within the region that is also the object of this study.…”

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When cultural services and biodiversity matter most: Gaining a deeper insight into badlands ecosystem services preferences

2022

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Most dryland ecosystems are characterised by a low ecosystem services (ES) provision, being socially perceived as lacking in cultural and regulating ES. This is the case of the badlands, highly eroded arid ecosystems without vegetation, which have been extensively analysed from a physical point of view, but hardly studied from the point of view of the benefits they provide to society. This paper aimed to determine the social preferences for and the relative importance of the ES provided by badlands. To achieve this objective, a representative sample of the population was taken from the Region of Murcia (Spain), a semiarid Mediterranean area with an abundant presence of these ecosystems. This study area is of additional interest for the provision of ES derived from agroecosystems. The contingent ranking method was used to identify aspects such as the utility provided by the different types of ES and the social well‐being derived from different management policies to be implemented. The results show a preference of the population for cultural ES and biodiversity in the badlands. Given that the implementation of badlands ES protection and a management policy based on the maintenance of agricultural ES are the two strategies that yield the highest social well‐being, the provisioning and regulating ES derived from agroecosystems in the area should be evaluated simultaneously, given the trade‐off that can occur between the two ecosystems. These results provide dryland ecosystem managers with a view of soil erosion management that is different from the traditional one, since it promotes not only its control, but also a greater presence of educational and recreational activities.

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2022

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“…Consequently, crop diversification contributes to the enhanced resilience of production systems (Lin 2011) and buffering against market uncertainty (Diebel et al 1995). In the ecosystems services paradigm (Zabala et al 2021), crop rotations with perennial forage seed crops generate multiple services that fall under provisioning services (seed and forage biomass production), regulating services (improving soil and environmental health) and cultural/aesthetic services (source of groundcover and greeneries).…”

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Integration of perennial forage seed crops for cropping systems resiliency in the Peace River region of western Canada

Khanal

2022

Can. J. Plant Sci.

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The Peace River region is one of the northern agricultural frontiers in Canada, undergoing farmland expansion as well as intensification with input-intensive industrial agriculture. The cropping systems evolved with the rotations between annual grain and perennial forage crops as a prudent adaptation to fragile, crust-forming, runoff prone, poorly-developed, platy-structured acidic Luvisolic soils. In the recent years, there is a decline in acreage of perennial forage seed crops leading to simplified low-diversity cropping systems with heavy reliance on external inputs. The production systems have been prone to rapid evolution of herbicide resistant weeds, and outbreaks of crop diseases and insect pests in the face of global warming. A number of studies conducted in the Peace River region and other parts of North America have shown multiple benefits of integrating perennial forage crops in the cropping systems. By virtue of high root: shoot ratio and perennial growth, forage seed crops can provide multiple ecological services in the fragile Luvisolic soil through increased soil organic matter, carbon sequestration, soil biological diversity, soil structural improvement, nutrient mobilization, crop protection and environmental health, and thereby creating conducive effects to resilient performance of the cropping systems. This review discusses merits of crop rotations in general and those of perennial forage seed crops in particular in the face of changing climate, with special reference to studies conducted in the Prairies and Peace region of western Canada. Research opportunities are highlighted to elucidate multi-dimensional ecosystems services from diversified cropping sequences integrating perennial forage seed crops.

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“…Agroecosystems may provide important regulating and provisioning services (Power, 2010; Zabala et al, 2021). Particularly, the efficiently and stringently managed agroecosystems are expected to mitigate climate change and meet the rising global demand for food production (Tilman et al, 2011).…”

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Biofertilization containing Paenibacillus triticisoli BJ-18 alters the composition and interaction of the protistan community in the wheat rhizosphere under field conditions

Wang

Chen

2022

Journal of Applied Microbiology

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Aims Most studies focus on the effects of biofertilizer on the bacterial and fungal communities, and we still lack an understanding of biofertilizer on the protistan community. Here, the effects of biofertilizer containing Paenibacillus triticisoli BJ‐18 on composition and interaction of the protistan community in the wheat rhizosphere were investigated. Methods and Results Biofertilizer application altered soil physicochemical properties and the protistan community composition, and significantly induced an alpha diversity decline. Random forecast and redundancy analysis demonstrated that nitrogenase activity and available phosphorus were the main drivers. Trichomonas classified to the phylum Metamonada was enriched by biofertilizer, and was significantly positive connected with soil nitrogenase activity and some function genes involved in nitrogen‐fixation and nitrogen‐dissimilation. Biofertilization loosely connected biotic interactions, while it did not affect the stability of the protistan community. Besides, biofertilizer promoted the connections of protists with fungi, bacteria, and archaea. Combined with biotic networks (protists, fungi, bacteria, and archaea) and interactions between protists and soil physicochemical properties/function genes, protists may act as keystone taxa potentially driving soil microbiome composition and function. Significance and Impact of the Study Overall, these results suggest that the biofertilizer is a driver of the soil protistan community, contributing to ecosystem functioning.

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A comprehensive approach for agroecosystem services and disservices valuation

Cited by 55 publications

References 100 publications

When cultural services and biodiversity matter most: Gaining a deeper insight into badlands ecosystem services preferences

When cultural services and biodiversity matter most: Gaining a deeper insight into badlands ecosystem services preferences

Integration of perennial forage seed crops for cropping systems resiliency in the Peace River region of western Canada

Biofertilization containing Paenibacillus triticisoli BJ-18 alters the composition and interaction of the protistan community in the wheat rhizosphere under field conditions

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