A framework for evaluating ecosystem services provided by cover crops in agroecosystems

Schipanski, Meagan; Barbercheck, Mary E.; Douglas, Margaret R.; Finney, Denise M.; Haider, Kristin Regina; Kaye, Jason P.; Kemanian, Armen R.; Mortensen, David A.; Ryan, Matthew R.; Tooker, John F.; White, Charlie

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2013.11.004

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“…Flexibility and adaptive management are recognized to be relevant to reach an adequate balance between ES and EDS (Ripoche et al, 2011b. ES are time-dependant, as some services accumulate gradually while others integrate over long time periods (Schipanski et al, 2014). Schipanski et al (2014) also underscored the time-sensitivity of field management, introducing a management risk proxy in their analysis, e.g.…”

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“…ES are time-dependant, as some services accumulate gradually while others integrate over long time periods (Schipanski et al, 2014). Schipanski et al (2014) also underscored the time-sensitivity of field management, introducing a management risk proxy in their analysis, e.g. risk of crop yield loss or failure of cover crops to establish.…”

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“…As the knowledge of cover crop species and their suitable management may be long to master and because this practice also involves supplementary costs and long-term economic returns, vinegrowers may be discouraged to adopt it (Dunn et al, 2016). Methods for evaluating the achievement of services in cropping systems, and for designing agroecosystems providing targeted services have recently been proposed in the scientific literature (Gaba et al, 2015;Rapidel et al, 2015;Schipanski et al, 2014). ES management has to be driven through various action levers i.e.…”

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Management of service crops for the provision of ecosystem services in vineyards: A review

Garcia

Celette

Gary

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Service crops are crops grown with the aim of providing non-marketed ecosystem services, i.e. differing from food, fiber and fuel production. Vineyard soils face various agronomic issues such as poor organic carbon levels, erosion, fertility losses, and numerous studies have highlighted the ability of service crops to address these issues. In addition to their ability to increase soil organic matter and fertility, and reduce runoff and erosion processes, service crops provide a large variety of ecosystem services in vineyards such as weed control, pest and disease regulation, water supply, water purification, improvement of field trafficability and maintenance of soil biodiversity. However, associating service crops with grapevines may also generate disservices and impair grape production: competition for soil resources with the grapevine is often highlighted to reject such association. Consequently, vinegrowers have to find a balance between services and disservices, depending on local soil and climate conditions, on their objectives of grape production and on the nature and temporality of the ecosystem services they expect during the grapevine cycle. This study proposes a review of the services and disservices provided by service crops in vineyards, and a framework for their management. Vinegrowers' production objectives and pedoclimatic constraints form the preliminary stage to consider before defining a strategy of service crop management. This strategy assembles management options such as the choice of species, its spatial distribution within the vineyard, the timing of its installation, maintenance and destruction. These management options, defined for both annual and long-term time scales, form action levers which may impact cropping system functioning. Finally, we underline the importance of implementing an adaptive strategy at the seasonal time scale. Such tactical management allows adapting the cropping system to observed climate and state of the biophysical system during the grapevine cycle, in order to provide targeted services and achieve satisfactory production objectives.

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Management of service crops for the provision of ecosystem services in vineyards: A review

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“…Such a decreased gross nitrification relative to ammonium immobilization is an indicator for a decreased risk of N leaching (Stockdale et al 2002), which led Laine et al to conclude that no till of boreal arable soils decreases N leaching. In some farming systems catch crops are grown during the season without a main crop as a management option to reduce N 2 O and NO 3 -leaching (Schipanski et al 2014). In a two year field trial, Komainda et al (2018) investigated the effect of two catch crops, rye and ryegrass, in a maize cropping system on yield, NO 3 -leaching and N 2 O emissions.…”

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“…Nitrogen losses from agroecosystems occur via leaching of mainly nitrate (NO 3 -) and via emission of gaseous N forms, of which nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and ammonia (NH 3 ) are of main environmental concern (Sutton et al 2011a). Much research work has been done on this topic, where key management practices are e.g., manure and mineral fertilizer applications techniques and precision agriculture (Sommer and Hutchings 2001;Robert 2002), different soil tillage strategies (Myrbeck et al 2012), cover crops (Schipanski et al 2014) and managing the soil microbial community (Richardson et al 2009). Although much has been investigated, novel research is being conducted constantly in order to increase our knowledge on how to increase productivity and sustainability of agricultural soils.…”

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