Impact of production intensity on the ability of the agricultural landscape to generate ecosystem services: an example from Sweden

Björklund, Johanna; Limburg, Karin E.; Rydberg, Törbjorn

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(99)00014-2

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“…Enhancement of these properties in the superficial soil layer under RT, accompanied by 11% higher yields, led to the conclusion that RT is a suitable method for increasing soil fertility in organic farming systems. In conclusion, our RT system has demonstrated its capacity to provide a balanced performance with respect to several ecological services of agro-ecosystems, such as primary production, maintenance of soil fertility and natural resources, and nutrient supply 61 . It has to be pointed out that these results were obtained on a clayey soil and similar studies are needed under different pedo-climatic conditions.…”

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Impact of reduced tillage on soil organic carbon and nutrient budgets under organic farming

Gadermaier

Berner

Fließbach

et al. 2011

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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No-tillage (NT) and reduced tillage (RT) systems are well-known management tools for reducing soil erosion and improving soil fertility. NT and RT may improve the environmental and economic performance of organic farming, but they are still not common practice among organic farmers. This paper presents the effects of tillage [RT versus conventional tillage (CT)], fertilization (slurry versus manure compost) and biodynamic preparations (with versus without) on soil fertility indicators such as soil organic carbon (C org ), microbial biomass and microbial activity, soil nutrients and nutrient budgets in an organic farming system during the first six-year crop rotation period of a long-term experiment on a clayey soil in a temperate climate. RT caused stratification of soil organic carbon (C org ), microbial properties and soil nutrients in the soil profile. Under RT, C org in the 0-10 cm soil layer increased from 2.19 to 2.61% (w/w) from 2002 to 2008, whereas it remained constant under CT. In both tillage treatments, C org remained constant in the 10-20 cm soil depth. Microbial biomass C increased by 37% under RT in the 0-10 cm soil depth and microbial activity [dehydrogenase activity (DHA)] was enhanced by 57%. Soil microbial biomass C and DHA in the 10-20 cm soil depth were also higher under RT (+ 10 and + 17%, respectively). Soluble soil P and K were 72 and 40%, respectively, higher in 0-10 cm soil depth under RT when compared with CT. Fertilization showed no effects on the measured soil properties. Biodynamic preparations increased solely the C mic -to-N mic (soil microbial biomass C to soil microbial biomass N) ratio by 7% in the 0-10 cm soil depth. Nutrient budgets for P were balanced in all treatments, but N and K exports were higher under RT compared to CT. We conclude that RT is a suitable method for increasing indicators of soil fertility in organic farming systems. The combined effects of RT and an organic farming system with a diverse, ley-based crop rotation and organic fertilization merit further promotion and it may be considered for supporting actions by the agricultural policy schemes.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Impact of reduced tillage on soil organic carbon and nutrient budgets under organic farming

Gadermaier

Berner

Fließbach

et al. 2011

Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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“…The ES framework has been applied mostly to natural areas, but also to agricultural (Björklund et al 1999, Macfadyen et al 2012 and urban areas (Dobbs et al 2011, Gómez-Baggethun andBarton 2013). However, the emphasis was mainly on the benefits of the existing nature within these areas.…”

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A Classification of Landscape Services to Support Local Landscape Planning

Vallés-Planells¹,

Galiana²,

Eetvelde³

2014

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ABSTRACT. The ecosystem services approach has been proven successful to measure the contributions of nature and greenery to human well-being. Ecosystems have an effect on quality of life, but landscapes also, as a broader concept, may contribute to people's well-being. The concept of landscape services, compared to ecosystem services, involves the social dimension of landscape and the spatial pattern resulting from both natural and human processes in the provision of benefits for human-well being. Our aim is to develop a classification for landscape services. The proposed typology of services is built on the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES) and on a critical review of existing literature on human well-being dimensions, existing ecosystem service classifications, and landscape perception. Three themes of landscape services are defined, each divided into several groups: provisioning, regulation and maintenance, cultural and social life fulfillment, with the latter focusing on health, enjoyment, and personal and social fulfillment. A special emphasis is made on cultural services, which are especially important when applied to landscape and which have received less attention.

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“…To adapt the ES concept to agricultural ecosystems, general ES literature was selected (e.g., MEA [54], Costanza et al [67], de Groot et al [68]), as well as ES studies with an agricultural context [21,[69][70][71][72]. As trade-off analyses between multiple ES were of special interest, the concept of 'ES bundles' may also seem promising, as it combines sets of services that appear together repeatedly and have close interactions [73,74].…”

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Supporting Agricultural Ecosystem Services through the Integration of Perennial Polycultures into Crop Rotations

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This review analyzes the potential role and long-term effects of field perennial polycultures (mixtures) in agricultural systems, with the aim of reducing the trade-offs between provisioning and regulating ecosystem services. First, crop rotations are identified as a suitable tool for the assessment of the long-term effects of perennial polycultures on ecosystem services, which are not visible at the single-crop level. Second, the ability of perennial polycultures to support ecosystem services when used in crop rotations is quantified through eight agricultural ecosystem services. Legume-grass mixtures and wildflower mixtures are used as examples of perennial polycultures, and compared with silage maize as a typical crop for biomass production. Perennial polycultures enhance soil fertility, soil protection, climate regulation, pollination, pest and weed control, and landscape aesthetics compared with maize. They also score lower for biomass production compared with maize, which confirms the trade-off between provisioning and regulating ecosystem services. However, the additional positive factors provided by perennial polycultures, such as reduced costs for mineral fertilizer, pesticides, and soil tillage, and a significant preceding crop effect that increases the yields of subsequent crops, should be taken into account. However, a full assessment of agricultural ecosystem services requires a more holistic analysis that is beyond the capabilities of current frameworks.

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Impact of production intensity on the ability of the agricultural landscape to generate ecosystem services: an example from Sweden

Cited by 172 publications

References 24 publications

Impact of reduced tillage on soil organic carbon and nutrient budgets under organic farming

Impact of reduced tillage on soil organic carbon and nutrient budgets under organic farming

A Classification of Landscape Services to Support Local Landscape Planning

Supporting Agricultural Ecosystem Services through the Integration of Perennial Polycultures into Crop Rotations

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