A comparison of microclimate and environmental modification produced by hedgerows and dehesa in the Mediterranean region: A study in the Guadarrama region, Spain

Sánchez, Iván A.; McCollin, Duncan

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.07.002

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“…No significant difference in soil erosion between AF and NAF LTS was found. This is different to former studies, where agroforestry systems have been shown to reduce soil erosion (Palma et al 2007;Rodríguez-Ortega et al 2014;Sánchez and McCollin 2015). However, it is worth noting that in our LTS, topographical differences mask the soil preservation benefits associated with agroforestry systems since the cherry systems occurred on steeper terrain than arable uses (20% slope for AF LTS as compared to 9 % for NAF LTS).…”

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Landscape-scale modelling of agroforestry ecosystems services in Swiss orchards: a methodological approach

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Context Agroforestry systems in temperate Europe are known to provide both, provisioning and regulating ecosystem services (ES). Yet, it is poorly understood how these systems affect ES provision at a landscape scale in contrast to agricultural practises. Objectives This study aimed at developing a novel, spatially explicit model to assess and quantify bundles of provisioning and regulating ES provided by landscapes with and without agroforestry systems and to test the hypothesis that agroforestry landscapes provide higher amounts of regulating ES than landscapes dominated by monocropping. Methods Focussing on ES that are relevant for agroforestry and agricultural practices, we selected six provisioning and regulating ES-"biomass production", "groundwater recharge", "nutrient retention", "soil preservation", "carbon storage", "habitat and gene pool protection". Algorithms for quantifying these services were identified, tested, adapted, and applied in a traditional cherry orchard landscape in Switzerland, as a case study. Eight landscape test sites of 1 km × 1 km, four dominated by agroforestry and four dominated by agriculture, were mapped and used as baseline for the model. Results We found that the provisioning ES, namely the annual biomass yield, was higher in landscape test sites with agriculture, while the regulating ES were better represented in landscape test sites with agroforestry. The differences were found to be statistically significant for the indicators annual biomass yield, groundwater recharge rate, nitrate leaching, annual carbon sequestration, flowering resources, and share of semi-natural habitats. Conclusions This approach provides an example for spatially explicit quantification of provisioning and regulating ES and is suitable for comparing different land use scenarii at landscape scale.

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Landscape-scale modelling of agroforestry ecosystems services in Swiss orchards: a methodological approach

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“…The origin of the hedgerows in this region is very old (XIII century) and constitutes a valuable natural and cultural heritage. They constitute field boundaries (Müller, ) whose origin was dry stone walls built by farmers as a defence (dehesa means defessa in Medieval Spanish) against the rights of Mesta transhumance sheep (Sánchez & McCollin, ; Schmitz et al ., ). The stone walls are also an integral part of the field margins that surround dehesas and are still useful for cattle management and for rotational grazing from one pasture to another (shifting pastures).…”

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“…The stone walls are also an integral part of the field margins that surround dehesas and are still useful for cattle management and for rotational grazing from one pasture to another (shifting pastures). Following Sánchez & McCollin (), we refer to these structures as ‘hedges’ or ‘hedgerows’ although they comprise a mix of stone wall and woody vegetation growing alongside the wall.…”

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Evaluating the Role of a Protected Area on Hedgerow Conservation: The Case of a Spanish Cultural Landscape

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Hedgerows are key features in agricultural landscapes performing diverse functions that are both economically and ecologically significant. Here, we quantify how the characteristics of a relict hedgerow network of a Spanish cultural landscape (Guadarrama mountains in the north of Madrid region) have changed over a single decade both inside and outside the boundaries of a Protected Area, the aim of which is to conserve cultural uses and biodiversity. A gradient of abandonment of pasture systems was detected, including a decline and loss of woody species from hedgerows associated with grazed areas towards shrub encroachment zones. These tendencies were similar inside and outside the boundaries of the Protected Area. The results highlight the management weaknesses of the Protected Area in order to achieve its objectives. Based on the results, we propose to include a specific conservation status for hedgerow landscapes in the regulatory framework of Spanish protected areas. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Some research in the study area has focused upon the different environmental variables influencing the localization of the hedgerows, among these, soil water content [1 , 2] . No studies, however, address the relationship between surface soil moisture and the localization of these landscapes.…”

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Classification of Mediterranean hedgerows: A methodological approximation

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Highlights Hedgerow network mapping in a continental Mediterranean mountain using GIS and Remote Sensing. Identify the different levels of surface soil moisture provided by images from the satellite Sentinel-2. Analyse of the evolution of hedgerow area from 1956 to the present time from aerial pictures and satellite images and their correlation with surface soil moisture and slope. A classification of hedgerow networks in the Mediterranean region (Central System, Spain).

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A comparison of microclimate and environmental modification produced by hedgerows and dehesa in the Mediterranean region: A study in the Guadarrama region, Spain

Cited by 24 publications

References 39 publications

Landscape-scale modelling of agroforestry ecosystems services in Swiss orchards: a methodological approach

Landscape-scale modelling of agroforestry ecosystems services in Swiss orchards: a methodological approach

Evaluating the Role of a Protected Area on Hedgerow Conservation: The Case of a Spanish Cultural Landscape

Classification of Mediterranean hedgerows: A methodological approximation

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