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Spatial similarities between European agroforestry systems and ecosystem services at the landscape scale

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dc.creator Kay, Sonja
dc.creator Crous-Duran, Josep
dc.creator Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria
dc.creator García de Jalón, Silvestre
dc.creator Graves, Anil
dc.creator Moreno, Gerardo
dc.creator Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa
dc.creator Palma, João H. N.
dc.creator Roces-Díaz, José V.
dc.creator Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier
dc.creator Szerencsits, Erich
dc.creator Weibel, Robert
dc.creator Herzog, Felix
dc.date 2018-10-16T14:54:46Z
dc.date 2018-10-16T14:54:46Z
dc.date 2017-10-04
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:39:01Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:39:01Z
dc.identifier Sonja Kay, Josep Crous-Duran, Nuria Ferreiro-Domínguez, et al., Spatial similarities between European agroforestry systems and ecosystem services at the landscape scale. Agroforestry Systems, August 2018, Volume 92, Issue 4, pp 1075–1089
dc.identifier 0167-4366
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0132-3
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13539
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182395
dc.description Agroforestry systems are known to provide ecosystem services which differ in quantity and quality from conventional agricultural practices and could enhance rural landscapes. In this study we compared ecosystem services provision of agroforestry and non-agroforestry landscapes in case study regions from three European biogeographical regions: Mediterranean (montado and dehesa), Continental (orchards and wooded pasture) and Atlantic agroforestry systems (chestnut soutos and hedgerows systems). Seven ecosystem service indicators (two provisioning and five regulating services) were mapped, modelled and assessed. Clear variations in amount and provision of ecosystem services were found between different types of agroforestry systems. Nonetheless regulating ecosystems services were improved in all agroforestry landscapes, with reduced nitrate losses, higher carbon sequestration, reduced soil losses, higher functional biodiversity focussed on pollination and greater habitat diversity reflected in a high proportion of semi-natural habitats. The results for provisioning services were inconsistent. While the annual biomass yield and the groundwater recharge rate tended to be higher in agricultural landscapes without agroforestry systems, the total biomass stock was reduced. These broad relationships were observed within and across the case study regions regardless of the agroforestry type or biogeographical region. Overall our study underlines the positive influence of agroforestry systems on the supply of regulating services and their role to enhance landscape structure.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject Biodiversity
dc.subject Biomass production
dc.subject Carbon sequestration
dc.subject Erosion
dc.subject Groundwater recharge
dc.subject Nitrate leaching
dc.subject Pollination
dc.title Spatial similarities between European agroforestry systems and ecosystem services at the landscape scale
dc.type Article


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