TY - JOUR A1 - Haßler, Sibylle Kathrin A1 - Zimmermann, Beate A1 - van Breugel, Michiel A1 - Hall, Jefferson S. A1 - Elsenbeer, Helmut T1 - Recovery of saturated hydraulic conductivity under secondary succession on former pasture in the humid tropics JF - Forest ecology and management N2 - Landscapes in the humid tropics are undergoing a continuous change in land use. Deforestation is still taking its toll on forested areas, but at the same time more and more secondary forests emerge where formerly agricultural lands and pastures are being abandoned. Regarding soil hydrology, the extent to which secondary succession can recover soil hydrological properties disturbed by antecedent deforestation and pasture use is yet poorly understood. We investigated the effect of secondary succession on saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) at two soil depths (0-6 and 6-12 cm) using a space-for-time approach in a landscape mosaic in central Panama. The following four land-use classes were studied: pasture (P), secondary forest of 5-8 years of age (SF5), secondary forest of 12-15 years of age (SF12) and secondary forest of more than 100 years of age (SF100), each replicated altogether four times in different micro-catchments across the study region. The hydrological implications of differences in Ks in response to land-use change with land use, especially regarding overland flow generation, were assessed via comparisons with rainfall intensities. Recovery of Ks could be detected in the 0-6 cm depth after 12 years of secondary succession: P and SF5 held similar Ks values, but differed significantly (alpha = 0.05) from SF12 and SF100 which in turn were indistinguishable. Variability within the land cover classes was large but, due to sufficient replication in the study, Ks recovery could be detected nonetheless. Ks in the 6-12 cm depth did not show any differences between the land cover classes; only Ks of the uppermost soil layer was affected by land-use changes. Overland flow - as inferred from comparisons of Ks with rainfall intensities - is more likely on P and SF5 sites compared to SF12 and 5E100 for the upper sample depth; however, generally low values at the 6-12 cm depth are likely to impede vertical percolation during high rainfall intensities regardless of land use. We conclude that Ks can recover from pasture use under secondary succession up to pre-pasture levels, but the process may take more than 8 years. In order to gain comprehensive understanding of Ks change with land use and its hydrological implications, more studies with detailed land-use histories and combined measurements of Ks, overland flow, precipitation and throughfall are essential. KW - Land cover change KW - Forest KW - Land use KW - Overland flow KW - Soil hydrology KW - Ecosystem services Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.031 SN - 0378-1127 SN - 1872-7042 VL - 261 IS - 10 SP - 1634 EP - 1642 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Karp, Daniel S. A1 - Tallis, Heather A1 - Sachse, Rene A1 - Halpern, Ben A1 - Thonicke, Kirsten A1 - Cramer, Wolfgang A1 - Mooney, Harold A1 - Polasky, Stephen A1 - Tietjen, Britta A1 - Waha, Katharina A1 - Walt, Ariane A1 - Wolny, Stacie T1 - National indicators for observing ecosystem service change JF - Global environmental change : human and policy dimensions N2 - Earth's life-support systems are in rapid decline, yet we have few metrics or indicators with which to track these changes. The world's governments are calling for biodiversity and ecosystem-service monitoring to guide and evaluate international conservation policy as well as to incorporate natural capital into their national accounts. The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) has been tasked with setting up this monitoring system. Here we explore the immediate feasibility of creating a global ecosystem-service monitoring platform under the GEO BON framework through combining data from national statistics, global vegetation models, and production function models. We found that nine ecosystem services could be annually reported at a national scale in the short term: carbon sequestration, water supply for hydropower, and non-fisheries marine products, crop, livestock, game meat, fisheries, mariculture, and timber production. Reported changes in service delivery over time reflected ecological shocks (e.g., droughts and disease outbreaks), highlighting the immediate utility of this monitoring system. Our work also identified three opportunities for creating a more comprehensive monitoring system. First, investing in input data for ecological process models (e.g., global land-use maps) would allow many more regulating services to be monitored. Currently, only 1 of 9 services that can be reported is a regulating service. Second, household surveys and censuses could help evaluate how nature affects people and provides non-monetary benefits. Finally, to forecast the sustainability of service delivery, research efforts could focus on calculating the total remaining biophysical stocks of provisioning services. Regardless, we demonstrated that a preliminary ecosystem-service monitoring platform is immediately feasible. With sufficient international investment, the platform could evolve further into a much-needed system to track changes in our planet's life-support systems. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - Ecosystem services KW - GEO BON KW - Global change KW - Monitoring KW - Process models Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.07.014 SN - 0959-3780 SN - 1872-9495 VL - 35 SP - 12 EP - 21 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Patenaude, Genevieve A1 - Lautenbach, Sven A1 - Paterson, James S. A1 - Locatelli, Tommaso A1 - Dormann, Carsten F. A1 - Metzger, Marc J. A1 - Walz, Ariane T1 - Breaking the ecosystem services glass ceiling: realising impact JF - Regional environmental change N2 - Through changes in policy and practice, the inherent intent of the ecosystem services (ES) concept is to safeguard ecosystems for human wellbeing. While impact is intrinsic to the concept, little is known about how and whether ES science leads to impact. Evidence of impact is needed. Given the lack of consensus on what constitutes impact, we differentiate between attributional impacts (transitional impacts on policy, practice, awareness or other drivers) and consequential impacts (real, on-the-ground impacts on biodiversity, ES, ecosystem functions and human wellbeing) impacts. We conduct rigorous statistical analyses on three extensive databases for evidence of attributional impact (the form most prevalently reported): the IPBES catalogue (n = 102), the Lautenbach systematic review (n = 504) and a 5-year in-depth survey of the OPERAs Exemplars (n = 13). To understand the drivers of impacts, we statistically analyse associations between study characteristics and impacts. Our findings show that there exists much confusion with regard to defining ES science impacts, and that evidence of attributional impact is scarce: only 25% of the IPBES assessments self-reported impact (7% with evidence); in our meta-analysis of Lautenbach’s systematic review, 33% of studies provided recommendations indicating intent of impacts. Systematic impact reporting was imposed by design on the OPERAs Exemplars: 100% reported impacts, suggesting the importance of formal impact reporting. The generalised linear models and correlations between study characteristics and attributional impact dimensions highlight four characteristics as minimum baseline for impact: study robustness, integration of policy instruments into study design, stakeholder involvement and type of stakeholders involved. Further in depth examination of the OPERAs Exemplars showed that study characteristics associated with impact on awareness and practice differ from those associated with impact on policy: to achieve impact along specific dimensions, bespoke study designs are recommended. These results inform targeted recommendations for ES science to break its impact glass ceiling. KW - Ecosystem services KW - Impact KW - Awareness KW - Policy KW - Practice Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1434-3 SN - 1436-3798 SN - 1436-378X VL - 19 IS - 8 SP - 2261 EP - 2274 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Walz, Ariane A1 - Jones, Isobel A1 - Metzger, Marc J. T1 - The Sociocultural Value of Upland Regions in the Vicinity of Cities in Comparison With Urban Green Spaces JF - Mountain research and development KW - Ecosystem services KW - mountains near cities KW - urban green spaces KW - social valuation KW - perception KW - preferences in land management KW - Scotland Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00044.1 SN - 0276-4741 SN - 1994-7151 VL - 36 SP - 465 EP - 474 PB - American Geophysical Union CY - Lawrence ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Martin A1 - Lischeid, Gunnar A1 - Nendel, Claas T1 - Microclimate and matter dynamics in transition zones of forest to arable land JF - Agricultural and forest meteorology N2 - Human-driven fragmentation of landscapes leads to the formation of transition zones between ecosystems that are characterised by fluxes of matter, energy and information. These transition zones may offer rather inhospitable habitats that could jeopardise biodiversity. On the other hand, transition zones are also reported to be hotspots for biodiversity and even evolutionary processes. The general mechanisms and influence of processes in transition zones are poorly understood. Although heterogeneity and diversity of land use of fragments and the transition zones between them play an important role, most studies only refer to forested transition zones. Often, only an extrapolation of measurements in the different fragments themselves is reported to determine gradients in transition zones. This paper contributes to a quantitative understanding of agricultural landscapes beyond individual ecotopes, and towards connected ecosystem mosaics that may be beneficial for the provision of ecosystem services. KW - Edge effects KW - Environmental gradients KW - Fragmentation KW - Ecosystem services KW - Carbon KW - Nitrogen Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.01.001 SN - 0168-1923 SN - 1873-2240 VL - 268 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Walz, Ariane A1 - Schmidt, Katja A1 - Ruiz-Frau, Ana A1 - Nicholas, Kimberly A. A1 - Bierry, Adeline A1 - Lentsch, Aster de Vries A1 - Dyankov, Apostol A1 - Joyce, Deirdre A1 - Liski, Anja H. A1 - Marba, Nuria A1 - Rosario, Ines T. A1 - Scholte, Samantha S. K. T1 - Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services for operational ecosystem management: mapping applications by decision contexts in Europe JF - Regional environmental change N2 - Sociocultural valuation (SCV) of ecosystem services (ES) discloses the principles, importance or preferences expressed by people towards nature. Although ES research has increasingly addressed sociocultural values in past years, little effort has been made to systematically review the components of sociocultural valuation applications for different decision contexts (i.e. awareness raising, accounting, priority setting, litigation and instrument design). In this analysis, we investigate the characteristics of 48 different sociocultural valuation applications—characterised by unique combinations of decision context, methods, data collection formats and participants—across ten European case studies. Our findings show that raising awareness for the sociocultural value of ES by capturing people’s perspective and establishing the status quo, was found the most frequent decision context in case studies, followed by priority setting and instrument development. Accounting and litigation issues were not addressed in any of the applications. We reveal that applications for particular decision contexts are methodologically similar, and that decision contexts determine the choice of methods, data collection formats and participants involved. Therefore, we conclude that understanding the decision context is a critical first step to designing and carrying out fit-for-purpose sociocultural valuation of ES in operational ecosystem management. KW - Sociocultural valuation KW - Ecosystem services KW - Local-to-regional scale KW - Operational use Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01506-7 SN - 1436-3798 SN - 1436-378X VL - 19 IS - 8 SP - 2245 EP - 2259 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wiggering, Hubert T1 - The geology - land use - nexus JF - Environmental earth sciences KW - Multifunctionality KW - Site-adequate land use KW - Ecosystem services KW - Land use conception Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2908-8 SN - 1866-6280 SN - 1866-6299 VL - 71 IS - 12 SP - 5037 EP - 5044 PB - Springer CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yalew, S. G. A1 - Pilz, Tobias A1 - Schweitzer, C. A1 - Liersch, Stefan A1 - van der Kwast, J. A1 - van Griensven, A. A1 - Mul, Marloes L. A1 - Dickens, Chris A1 - van der Zaag, Pieter T1 - Coupling land-use change and hydrologic models for quantification of catchment ecosystem services JF - Environmental modelling & software with environment data news N2 - Representation of land-use and hydrologic interactions in respective models has traditionally been problematic. The use of static land-use in most hydrologic models or that of the use of simple hydrologic proxies in land-use change models call for more integrated approaches. The objective of this study is to assess whether dynamic feedback between land-use change and hydrology can (1) improve model performances, and/or (2) produce a more realistic quantification of ecosystem services. To test this, we coupled a land-use change model and a hydrologic mode. First, the land-use change and the hydrologic models were separately developed and calibrated. Then, the two models were dynamically coupled to exchange data at yearly time-steps. The approach is applied to a catchment in South Africa. Performance of coupled models when compared to the uncoupled models were marginal, but the coupled models excelled at the quantification of catchment ecosystem services more robustly. KW - Model coupling KW - Ecosystem services KW - Integrated modelling KW - Land and water Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.029 SN - 1364-8152 SN - 1873-6726 VL - 109 SP - 315 EP - 328 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER -