Ecosystem coupling: A unifying framework to understand the functioning and recovery of ecosystems

Ochoa‐Hueso, Raúl; Delgado‐Baquerizo, Manuel; Risch, Anita C.; Schrama, Maarten; Morriën, Elly; Barmentlo, S. Henrik; Geisen, Stefan; Hannula, S. Emilia; Resch, Monika Carol; Snoek, Basten L.; Putten, W.H. van der

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.011

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“…The practice of ecosystem restoration includes a wide scope, such as erosion control, reforestation, usage of genetically local native species, removal of non-native species and weeds, revegetation of disturbed areas, daylighting streams, and reintroduction of native species, as well as habitat and range improvement for targeted species. The nutrient cycles and energy fluxes are the most basic and essential components of ecosystems (Ochoa-Hueso et al, 2021 ). An understanding of the full complexity and intricacies of these cycles is necessary to address any ecological processes that may be degraded.…”

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A review on effective soil health bio-indicators for ecosystem restoration and sustainability

Sihi

Bhowmik

Verma³

et al. 2022

Front. Microbiol.

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Preventing degradation, facilitating restoration, and maintaining soil health is fundamental for achieving ecosystem stability and resilience. A healthy soil ecosystem is supported by favorable components in the soil that promote biological productivity and provide ecosystem services. Bio-indicators of soil health are measurable properties that define the biotic components in soil and could potentially be used as a metric in determining soil functionality over a wide range of ecological conditions. However, it has been a challenge to determine effective bio-indicators of soil health due to its temporal and spatial resolutions at ecosystem levels. The objective of this review is to compile a set of effective bio-indicators for developing a better understanding of ecosystem restoration capabilities. It addresses a set of potential bio-indicators including microbial biomass, respiration, enzymatic activity, molecular gene markers, microbial metabolic substances, and microbial community analysis that have been responsive to a wide range of ecosystem functions in agricultural soils, mine deposited soil, heavy metal contaminated soil, desert soil, radioactive polluted soil, pesticide polluted soil, and wetland soils. The importance of ecosystem restoration in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals was also discussed. This review identifies key management strategies that can help in ecosystem restoration and maintain ecosystem stability.

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A review on effective soil health bio-indicators for ecosystem restoration and sustainability

Sihi

Bhowmik

Verma³

et al. 2022

Front. Microbiol.

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“…Phosphorus is needed for the energy metabolism of organisms (ATP), as well as in the formation of nucleic acids (DNA, RNA), but is typically both scarce and unavailable in many systems (Elser, 2012), which accounts for the high amounts of P that are usually added in the form of inorganic fertilizers or manure in agricultural systems (Cordell et al., 2009). We thus speculate that by analyzing how elements covary, first, and then finding deviations from the predictable coupling‐atomic mass relationships may aid in determining elements that are critical controllers of plant production, and also to detect the effects of global change, even when those are subtle (Ochoa‐Hueso, Delgado‐Baquerizo et al., 2021).…”

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Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts

Ochoa‐Hueso

Delgado‐Baquerizo

Risch

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Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Globally, the most bioavailable elements (Ca, Mg, and K) are amongst the most abundant in the crust, but N is more abundant than predicted • Bioavailability was controlled by soil pH, organic matter content, texture, plant cover, and climate, and altered by global change • Elements were highly spatially correlated (coupled), and coupling was predictable by the atomic properties of elements, particularly mass

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“…Ecosystem coupling was calculated as the average correlation strength between biotic communities and abiotic properties (Ochoa‐Hueso et al, 2021; Risch et al, 2018) for the different aged restoration, Initial and Target grasslands. In total, we considered 74 interactions (24 biotic–biotic, 40 abiotic–biotic and 10 abiotic–abiotic).…”

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Long‐term recovery of above‐ and below‐ground interactions in restored grasslands after topsoil removal and seed addition

Resch

Schütz

Ochoa‐Hueso

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Journal of Applied Ecology

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1. Evaluation of restoration activities is indispensable to assess the extent to which targets have been reached. Usually, the main goal of ecological restoration is to restore biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, but validation is often based on a single indicator, which may or may not cope with whole-ecosystem dynamics.Network analyses are, however, powerful tools, allowing to examine both the recovery of various biotic and abiotic properties and the integrated response at community and ecosystem level.2. We used restoration sites where topsoil was removed from former intensively managed grassland and seeds were added. These sites were between 3 and 32 years old. We assessed how plants, soil biota, soil properties and correlationbased interactions between biotic communities and their abiotic environment developed over time and compared the results with (i) intensively managed (not restored), and (ii) well-preserved targeted semi-natural grasslands.3. Plant, nematode, fungal and prokaryotic diversity and community structures of the restored grasslands revealed clear successional patterns and followed similar trajectories towards targeted semi-natural grasslands. All biotic communities reached targeted diversity levels no later than 18 years post-restoration.4. Ecological networks of intensively managed and short-term (~4 years) restored grasslands were less tightly connected compared to those found in mid-and long-term (~18-30 years) restored and target grasslands. Restoration specifically enhanced interactions among biotic communities, but reduced interactions between biotic communities and their abiotic environment as well as interactions among abiotic properties in the short-and mid-term. Synthesis and applications:Overall, our study demonstrated that topsoil removal and seed addition were successful in restoring diverse, tightly coupled and wellconnected biotic communities above-and below-ground similar to those found

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Ecosystem coupling: A unifying framework to understand the functioning and recovery of ecosystems

Cited by 36 publications

References 144 publications

A review on effective soil health bio-indicators for ecosystem restoration and sustainability

A review on effective soil health bio-indicators for ecosystem restoration and sustainability

Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts

Long‐term recovery of above‐ and below‐ground interactions in restored grasslands after topsoil removal and seed addition

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