Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity

Neyret, Margot; Peter, Sophie; Provost, Gaëtane Le; Boch, Steffen; Boesing, Andrea Larissa; Bullock, James M.; Hölzel, Norbert; Klaus, Valentin H.; Kleinebecker, Till; Krauß, Jochen; Müller, Jörg; Müller, Sandra; Ammer, Christian; Buscot, François; Ehbrecht, Martin; Fischer, Markus; Goldmann, Kezia; Jung, Kirsten; Mehring, Marion; Mueller, Thomas; Renner, Swen C.; Schall, Peter; Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael; Westphal, Catrin; Wubet, Tesfaye; Manning, Peter

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“…The slow-growing, long-aged tree crops as olive trees, like most sampled orchards in our study, could contribute to accumulate woody mass in Mediterranean landscapes (Brunori et al, 2017) and, if well-managed, can function as a biodiversity reservoir in these environments (Rey et al, 2019) and elsewhere (e.g. Neyret et al, 2023). Thus, if orchards and crops are managed sustainably, the potential trade-offs between food production (which we did not measure in this study), biodiversity conservation, and other ecosystem services of interest could be promoted simultaneously (see Muller et al, 2017;Wittwer et al, 2021 for more detailed discussions on the topic).…”

Section: Millennia Of Anthropogenic Management In the Mediterraneanmentioning

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“…Most of the times, however, the response of multiple functions to such land‐use changes, particularly among natural or semi‐natural vegetation types (e.g. forest to shrublands when fire frequency increases¸ conifer plantations or recruitment in former broadleaved forests) are much less well understood (but see Hertzog et al., 2019; Moghli, Santana, Soliveres, et al., 2022; Neyret et al., 2023).…”

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“…Habitat fragmentation, land‐use changes and biodiversity loss, commonly co‐occur and impair ecosystem multifunctionality, yet they are often studied in isolation. The former two are mostly studied by landscape ecology, which often ignores the effect of changes (including biotic composition or use intensity) within contrasting land uses and rarely measure multiple ecosystem functions on site (but see Neyret et al., 2023). These within‐use variations are important, as contrasting intensities within a given land use (e.g.…”

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Land use determines Mediterranean ecosystems' multifunctionality more than plant richness or habitat composition

Lopezosa,

Soliveres,

Serra

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Journal of Applied Ecology

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Local and landscape diversity loss, habitat fragmentation and land‐use changes commonly co‐occur and impair ecosystem multifunctionality, yet they are often studied in isolation. Therefore, we ignore the relative importance of these drivers of ecosystem change or whether or not they interact to determine ecosystem functioning. We measured how changes in local (plant richness) and landscape (different land uses) diversity, land use (orchards, shrubland, pine, oak and mixed forests) and habitat sise, and their interactions, affected the functioning of Mediterranean ecosystems. At 49 plots, we measured 17 above‐ and below‐ground functions, related to nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration and biotic interactions. Additionally, we generated different combinations of plots to compose artificial landscapes where multifunctionality and biodiversity conservation can be maximised, in order to aid land managers to preserve or design functional and diverse areas. The relative importance of local and landscape attributes varied slightly depending on the target function, yet land use was by far the strongest predictor of most functions and multifunctionality above local plant biodiversity, habitat sise or landscape diversity. Oak and mixed forest were the most multifunctional land uses but were functionally wcomplemented by other land uses that maximised some individual functions. The relative proportion of each land use within optimal landscapes varied if the target was biodiversity conservation (with an even dominance of land uses), carbon stocks or multifunctionality (highly dominated by native oak and mixed forests). Synthesis and applications: Our results highlight the importance of remnant native forest to provide multiple ecosystem functions and the potential to restore them and complement these uses with sustainable agriculture. By merging landscape and ecosystem approaches we provide specific numbers regarding the proportion that each land use should have in order to maximise biodiversity conservation and/or functioning in these charismatic environments.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Land use determines Mediterranean ecosystems' multifunctionality more than plant richness or habitat composition

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Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…, 2021). Potential changes in demand, as caused by policy, economic and environmental changes can also be simulated by implementing different scenarios of expected change in demand scores (Neyret et al, 2023).…”

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“…Where social survey data are not available, the demand may be estimated from existing patterns of NCP use or consumption (Wolff et al., 2017) or simulated in scenarios, representing the expected demand patterns of different stakeholder groups (e.g., Allan et al., 2015; Neyret et al., 2021). Potential changes in demand, as caused by policy, economic and environmental changes can also be simulated by implementing different scenarios of expected change in demand scores (Neyret et al., 2023).…”

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A quantitative framework for identifying the role of individual species in Nature's Contributions to People

Bianco,

Manning,

Schleuning

2024

Ecology Letters

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It is widely acknowledged that biodiversity change is affecting human well‐being by altering the supply of Nature's Contributions to People (NCP). Nevertheless, the role of individual species in this relationship remains obscure. In this article, we present a framework that combines the cascade model from ecosystem services research with network theory from community ecology. This allows us to quantitatively link NCP demanded by people to the networks of interacting species that underpin them. We show that this “network cascade” framework can reveal the number, identity and importance of the individual species that drive NCP and of the environmental conditions that support them. This information is highly valuable in demonstrating the importance of biodiversity in supporting human well‐being and can help inform the management of biodiversity in social‐ecological systems.

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Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality

Fors,

Berlin,

Gottlieb

et al. 2024

People and Nature

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Increasing demands for land to deliver multiple and sometimes conflicting services to people and nature have led to the development of an extensive body of research focussed on multifunctional landscapes. However, this has created both insight and confusion, as authors from a variety of disciplines have independently tackled the question of how to manage the trade‐offs and synergies inherent in landscapes that are required to produce multiple functions and services. We employed an interdisciplinary perspective to formulate some key questions that researchers of multifunctional landscapes can use to identify blind spots. Our process resulted in a question‐based analysis support scheme that supports reflection and recursive thinking about multifunctional landscapes, beginning with objective setting and visions for addressing it, grounded in baseline mapping, then assessing landscape functions and their single and multiple interactions; as well as the analysis of sensitivity to spatial and temporal dimensions. Other key points identified are the need for clarity and examination of unstated assumptions, from aims to definitions; accounting for scale; incorporating stakeholder needs throughout the process and applying suitable methods of measurement and aggregation. The focus on asking guided questions derives from the insight that there is no universal correct approach to multifunctional landscapes; the aim should instead be to find the most appropriate methods for the given circumstances and goals. Policy implications. Tackling current and future socio‐ecological challenges is an interdisciplinary undertaking, necessitating collaborative efforts between research fields that each bring valuable and distinct insights. To effectively combat these challenges, multifunctional landscapes require a clear process and focused objective in their implementation. Multifunctionality should be seen as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity

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Cited by 52 publications

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Land use determines Mediterranean ecosystems' multifunctionality more than plant richness or habitat composition

Land use determines Mediterranean ecosystems' multifunctionality more than plant richness or habitat composition

A quantitative framework for identifying the role of individual species in Nature's Contributions to People

Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality

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