How natural capital delivers ecosystem services: A typology derived from a systematic review

Smith, Alison C.; Harrison, Paula A.; Soba, Marta Pérez; Archaux, Frédéric; Blicharska, Małgorzata; Egoh, Benis N.; Erős, Tibor; Domenech, N. Fabrega; György, Ágnes I.; Haines-Young, Roy; Li, S.; Lommelen, Els; Meiresonne, Linda; Ayala, L. Miguel; Mononen, Laura; Simpson, Gillian; Stange, Erik; Turkelboom, Francis; Uiterwijk, M.; Veerkamp, Clara J.; Echeverria, Victoria Wyllie de

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.06.006

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“…The understory beneath the managed pine trees varied greatly among the study plots and constituted a mosaic of small trees such as Quercus calliprinos and Pistacia palaestina, shrubs like Pistacia lentiscus, Phillyrea latifolia, Calicotome villosa, Rhamnus lycioides, and climbers such as Smilax aspera and Clematis cirrhosa (Schiller et al 1997). Habitat structure in this study followed the definition of Smith et al (2017) and included soil cover, tree density, tree height, tree volume, vegetation cover and more (for specific species and total coverage see Table 3 in Appendix).…”

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Understory vegetation in planted pine forests governs bird community composition and diversity in the eastern Mediterranean region

Dagan

Izhaki

2019

For. Ecosyst.

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Background: Managed forests can become a seminatural habitat by allowing natural vegetation to establish under the tree canopy. The aim of this study was to examine how this natural understory vegetation in pine plantations affects bird community composition and diversity. We compared bird communities in three types of pine forest plantations that differed in the composition of their understory vegetation. Results: One thousand four hundred seventy-six birds of 33 species were observed in the three different forest habitats over two years. We found that the presence and composition of understory vegetation had a major role in determining bird community composition, richness, complexity and diversity. Conclusions: To ensure pine forest with high biodiversity in the eastern Mediterranean region, the understory needs to be rich in shrubs that are attractive to birds and other natural fauna.

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Understory vegetation in planted pine forests governs bird community composition and diversity in the eastern Mediterranean region

Dagan

Izhaki

2019

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“…The core idea of PES is simple; users or beneficiaries of these services (Prokofieva, 2016) pay landowners or forest managers for the provision of certain ecosystem services or for a particular forest management strategy for generating the desired ES. Recently, a number of studies have been developed across Europe to map operation of PES schemes (Bösch et al, 2018;Smith et al, 2017;OECD, 2010;IUCN, 2009;UNECE, 2005UNECE, , 2014. We describe the existing approaches to payments for forest ecosystem services (PFES) schemes with examples from Europe.…”

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Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services Across Europe – Main Approaches and Examples from Slovakia

Sarvašová

Báliková

Dobšinská

et al. 2019

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Sarvašová Z., Báliková K., Dobšinská Z., Štěrbová M., Šálka J.: Payments for forest ecosystem services across Europe -main approaches and examples from Slovakia. Ekológia (Bratislava), Vol. 38, No. 2, p. 154-165, 2019. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are flexible, financial mechanisms for utilisation of available finances for environmental improvement. Payments for forest ecosystem services (PFES) have gained increasing policy acceptance at national and international levels. However, evidence about their implementation is limited and rather mixed. PES design is a complex task. There are a number of PES design features that need careful understanding of the specific ecological and socio-economic context. The aim of this article is to analyse main approaches to PFES and types of PES schemes or financial arrangements with the emphasis on three basic schemes: (i) public schemes or government-financed PES (Pigouvian type), (ii) private schemes or user-financed PES (Coasean type) and (iii) public-private schemes (a mixed type). The empirical part is based on the review of PES schemes implemented in different Forest Europe signatory countries. The main features of PES schemes are described on chosen examples from Slovakia.

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“…Protected areas are potential hotspots for multiple ecosystem functions and services (Chape, Harrison, Spalding, & Lysenko, 2005; Mart ın-L opez, Zorrilla-Miras, Garc ıa Del Am, & . Their management should aim at maintaining healthy and resilient systems that can sustain delivery of a wide range of ES in the long term (Smith et al, 2017). However, in protected areas, multifunctionality and delivery of multiple ES are often underlooked in management plans (Jacobs, Burkhard, Van Daele, Staes, & Schneiders, 2015;Tallis & Polasky, 2009), and management strategies to increase one service often have negative impacts on other services (Smith et al, 2017).…”

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“…Their management should aim at maintaining healthy and resilient systems that can sustain delivery of a wide range of ES in the long term (Smith et al, 2017). However, in protected areas, multifunctionality and delivery of multiple ES are often underlooked in management plans (Jacobs, Burkhard, Van Daele, Staes, & Schneiders, 2015;Tallis & Polasky, 2009), and management strategies to increase one service often have negative impacts on other services (Smith et al, 2017). In addition, few management plans take into account occurrence of natural hazards (Smith et al, 2017) and ecosystem disservices (Shackleton et al, 2016).…”

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“…Equally, it would be valuable to determine how current diversity loss due to natural and anthropogenic drivers simultaneously influences the supply of ES (Byrnes et al, 2014). Such information is crucial for long-term management strategies that promote biodiversity conservation (Mace, Norris, & Fitter, 2012;Smith et al, 2017) and sustainable ES supply (Palomo et al, 2013).…”

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Perceived Effects of Elephants (Loxodonta africana Cuvier) Presence and Impacts on Ecosystem Services Supply in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, West Africa

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Kassa

Azihou

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Tropical Conservation Science

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Information on how biotic factors influence delivery of ecosystem services (ES) in natural systems is important for holistic landscape management. In this study, we assessed the perceived effects of elephants' presence on ES supply in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in West Africa. A total of 112 respondents, including riparian communities and reserve officials, were interviewed. First, we used ranking techniques based on stakeholders' perceptions to evaluate differences in perceived importance of ES. Second, we assessed the perceived impact of elephants on ES supply from both direction and intensity perspective. Third, we assessed the economic importance of threatened ESs and elephants' damages related economic losses incurred by households. Twenty-seven ES were enumerated, 13 provisioning ES, 12 cultural ES, and two from the regulating and maintenance ES category. Provisioning ES were perceived as the most important although not significantly different from other categories. PES were also found to be most affected negatively by elephants' impacts. However, elephants' presence increased supply of cultural ES. The average cost of the losses due to elephants' negative impacts ranged from $174.80 to $586.05 per year and per victim household. These results were discussed in relation to management actions necessary to facilitate coexistence between elephant and local populations.

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How natural capital delivers ecosystem services: A typology derived from a systematic review

Cited by 120 publications

References 119 publications

Understory vegetation in planted pine forests governs bird community composition and diversity in the eastern Mediterranean region

Understory vegetation in planted pine forests governs bird community composition and diversity in the eastern Mediterranean region

Payments for Forest Ecosystem Services Across Europe – Main Approaches and Examples from Slovakia

Perceived Effects of Elephants (Loxodonta africana Cuvier) Presence and Impacts on Ecosystem Services Supply in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, West Africa

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