{"title":"Phytosociological Analysis in Semi-Arid Region of India: A Case Study from Yadgir District, Karnataka","authors":"","doi":"10.31901/24566543.2018/09.1-2.064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31901/24566543.2018/09.1-2.064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"58 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72566325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ioannis P. Kokkoris, E. Drakou, J. Maes, P. Dimopoulos
{"title":"Ecosystem services supply in protected mountains of Greece: setting the baseline for conservation management","authors":"Ioannis P. Kokkoris, E. Drakou, J. Maes, P. Dimopoulos","doi":"10.1080/21513732.2017.1415974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2017.1415974","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services, an initiative under the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, sets the basis for national ecosystem assessments in EU Member States, including Greece. The highly diverse and heterogeneous Greek landscape provides multiple ecosystem services (ES) and benefits to society. However, the rich knowledge base corresponds to limited research to support a national ecosystem assessment in Greece. In this paper, we apply a rapid method to map ecosystem types and quantify ES supply provided by mountainous protected areas. Using habitat type level data, we created a detailed ecosystem type map that was used as a baseline to assess the supply of provisioning and regulating and maintenance ES. We also applied a site-oriented approach to record and score the ES supply in each protected area. Summing up individual ES supply resulted in a total ES supply map which was used to identify ES hot spot areas within the Greek Natura 2000 mountainous sites. The results: (1) corroborate the hypothesis that protected areas should be treated as high value bio-physical and social-cultural complexes accounting for a significant part of the national capital; (2) highlight data gaps at the national level and limitations of ES mapping methods under such data restrictions; (3) are intended to provide to stakeholders and decision-makers, baseline information for future applied research and conservation management actions. EDITED BY Matthias Schröter","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"45 - 59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21513732.2017.1415974","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43724762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Barrios, V. Valencia, M. Jonsson, A. Brauman, K. Hairiah, P. Mortimer, S. Okubo
{"title":"Contribution of trees to the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes","authors":"E. Barrios, V. Valencia, M. Jonsson, A. Brauman, K. Hairiah, P. Mortimer, S. Okubo","doi":"10.1080/21513732.2017.1399167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2017.1399167","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The production of sufficient food for an increasing global population while conserving natural capital is a major challenge to humanity. Tree-mediated ecosystem services are recognized as key features of more sustainable agroecosystems but the strategic management of tree attributes for ecosystem service provision is poorly understood. Six agroforestry and tree cover transition studies, spanning tropical/subtropical forest zones in three continents, were synthesized to assess the contribution of tree cover to the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Loss of native earthworm populations resulted in 76% lower soil macroporosity when shade trees were absent in coffee agriculture. Increased tree cover contributed to 53% increase in tea crop yield, maintained 93% of crop pollinators found in the natural forest and, in combination with nearby forest fragments, contributed to as much as 86% lower incidence for coffee berry borer. In certain contexts, shade trees contributed to negative effects resulting from increases in abundance of white stem borer and lacebugs and resulted in 60% reduction of endangered tree species compared to forest. Managing trees for ecosystem services requires understanding which tree species to include and how to manage them for different socio-ecological contexts. This knowledge needs to be shared and translated into viable options with farming communities.","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"1 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21513732.2017.1399167","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41502055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Island ecosystem services: insights from a literature review on case-study island ecosystem services and future prospects","authors":"M. Balzan, Marion Potschin-Young, R. Haines-Young","doi":"10.1080/21513732.2018.1439103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2018.1439103","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Small islands are of special interest for sustainable development because of their unique characteristics and vulnerabilities. They are ecologically fragile, have limited resources, are susceptible to natural disasters and climate change. This study reviews the literature on island ecosystems, their contribution in the delivery of five key Island Ecosystem Services (IES) and acting pressures and trade-offs associated with IES management. From a set of 1630 potential relevant papers, 273 were selected for analysis. Most of the selected papers focused on cultural IES, in the form of recreation, eco-tourism and gene pool protection. However, provisioning and regulating IES were also well represented in the literature. Most of the studies discussed different management strategies and pressures arising from human use of IES. A small subset investigated the links between island biodiversity and IES, and the contribution of IES to human well-being. This review highlights knowledge gaps in the literature and identifies the need to develop approaches for IES assessments that are informed by local knowledge and which make use of empirical and spatial data for management that maximises the potential of island ecosystems to deliver IES whilst reducing trade-offs. EDITED BY Berta Martín-López","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"71 - 90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21513732.2018.1439103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45509029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Z. zu Ermgassen, Tom McKenna, J. Gordon, S. Willcock
{"title":"Ecosystem service responses to rewilding: first-order estimates from 27 years of rewilding in the Scottish Highlands","authors":"S. Z. zu Ermgassen, Tom McKenna, J. Gordon, S. Willcock","doi":"10.1080/21513732.2018.1502209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2018.1502209","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Rewilding as a conservation strategy is gaining increasing scientific, political and public attention, yet empirical evaluations of its impacts remain scarce, especially with regards to ecosystem services. We provide evidence of the change in three ecosystem services (timber [provisioning], pollination [regulating], and aesthetics [cultural]) from up to 27 years of a moorland rewilding strategy in the Scottish Highlands using a chronosequence of rewilded plots and adjacent controls. These services were assessed in the field and using online surveys. We found that rewilding increased aboveground woody biomass and restored natural tree recruitment processes, although the latter only emerged after at least 15 years of rewilding. Rewilding caused a linear increase in perceived aesthetic quality over the first 27 years, but had no effect on pollination visitation rates. Thus, we conclude that rewilding can be used for ecosystem service recovery in moorland landscapes, but that results vary depending on the preferred service. EDITED BY John Haslett","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"165 - 178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21513732.2018.1502209","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43819911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monika H. Egerer, S. Philpott, H. Liere, Shalene Jha, Peter Bichier, B. Lin
{"title":"People or place? Neighborhood opportunity influences community garden soil properties and soil-based ecosystem services","authors":"Monika H. Egerer, S. Philpott, H. Liere, Shalene Jha, Peter Bichier, B. Lin","doi":"10.1080/21513732.2017.1412355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2017.1412355","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Soils are the foundation for cultivating ecosystem services in urban agriculture. Yet, variations in socio-environment characteristics of urbanization leads to variable soil properties and unequal distribution of ecosystem services like soil fertility. Thus, examining relationships among biophysical features and social dimensions of urban agricultural systems is necessary to understand soil functioning variation and to develop urban agricultural systems that promote equitable ecosystem service provisioning. In 25 urban community gardens in California, we examined two links between soil properties and neighborhood socio-demographics: (1) how groundcover management affects soil properties; and (2) how socio-demographics (and in particular, social advantage) can affect groundcover management and soil properties. We found that mulch groundcover improves soil fertility and water holding capacity in gardens, and that socio-demographic factors may affect people’s access to mulch to affect soil properties: neighborhoods with measures of higher mobility (e.g., greater vehicle availability), but measures of poorer public/environmental health (e.g., poorer health care access) had more soil organic matter, higher soil nutrient content, and greater water holding capacity. However, we found indicators of high functioning soils in the absence of mulch, indicating that other factors like social networks and organizational support may be important for urban agricultural ecosystem services.","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"32 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21513732.2017.1412355","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48676920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Archive value: measuring the palaeo-information content of peatlands in a conservation and compensation perspective","authors":"Caroline Greiser, H. Joosten","doi":"10.1080/21513732.2018.1523229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2018.1523229","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The value of peatlands as archives for vegetation, landscape, climate, and human history is well known, but often neglected in conservation planning. Archive value is the potential to satisfy future (yet unknown) demands for information about the past. This study aims at assessing the comparative archive value of a set of peatlands, to identify the most similar alternatives for three peatlands and to estimate the archive loss in case of their destruction. Representative cores from 49 peatlands in the region were assessed with respect to age, depth, resolution, (in)completeness, evenness, and diversity of substrates, peat accumulation status, and thickness of every single substrate type. After using cluster analysis to identify archive types and the relatedness among peatlands, the archive value of each peatland was expressed as a proportion of the total regional archive. We found candidates for compensating the three threatened peatlands, but also identified other archives of high conservation interest according to our criteria. The outcomes appeared rather robust but were determined by the criteria, resolution, and algorithms chosen. This work presents a first step towards developing an objective and consistent evaluation procedure of peatland archives, allowing the archive value to be considered in conservation and management decisions. EDITED BY Graciela Rusch","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"209 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21513732.2018.1523229","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49622352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Mugwedi, Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee, K. Roy, Benis N. Egoh, F. Pouzols, E. Douwes, R. Boon, S. O’Donoghue, R. Slotow, E. Di Minin, A. Moilanen, M. Rouget
{"title":"Restoration planning for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the city of Durban, South Africa","authors":"L. Mugwedi, Jayanti Ray-Mukherjee, K. Roy, Benis N. Egoh, F. Pouzols, E. Douwes, R. Boon, S. O’Donoghue, R. Slotow, E. Di Minin, A. Moilanen, M. Rouget","doi":"10.1080/21513732.2018.1483967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2018.1483967","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Effective planning of a large-scale restoration project is challenging, because of the range of factors that need to be considered (e.g. restoration of multiple habitats with varying degradation levels, multiple restoration goals and limited conservation resources). Ecological restoration planning studies typically focus on biodiversity and ecosystem services, rather than employment and other co-benefits. Robust Offsetting (RobOff), a restoration planning tool, was used in a forest restoration project in Durban, South Africa, to plan forest restoration considering a mosaic of habitats with varying levels of degradation, diverse restoration actions, a limited budget and multiple (biodiversity, carbon stock and employment) goals. To achieve this, the restoration action currently being implemented (= current action) was compared to three restoration alternatives. The three restoration alternatives included (1) natural regeneration action; (2) carbon action; and (3) biodiversity action. The results supported biodiversity action as most beneficial in terms of maximizing biodiversity, carbon storage and job creation. Results showed that investing in biodiversity action is preferable to the status quo. RobOff ensured optimal allocation of limited resources to actions and habitats that have a potential to achieve higher biodiversity, carbon storage and job creation.","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"132 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21513732.2018.1483967","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45127129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimating economic value of site quality for uncertain ecosystem service provision in Swedish forests","authors":"I. Gren, Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah","doi":"10.1080/21513732.2018.1472143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2018.1472143","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT As in other ecosystems, provision of ecosystem services from forests is uncertain because of stochastic weather conditions. In general, society is risk-averse, which means that factors increasing or decreasing the uncertainty in ecosystem services add a source of cost or value to society, measurement of which is lacking in the literature. This article suggests a method for calculating the impact of site-specific ecological conditions in Swedish forests on the economic value of uncertain ecosystem services in terms of timber and carbon sequestration. Applying econometric tools from economics and finance to time-series forest data in Sweden reveals that a site quality indicator adds positively to forest growth rate and decreases uncertainty in forest productivity and associated provision of ecosystem services. The importance of site quality is demonstrated by showing that a marginal increase in site quality can raise the economic value of timber and carbon sequestration by 9% and that neglecting uncertainty can underestimate the value of the contribution by 12%. These findings indicate that management practices improving site quality have the potential of raising the total economic value of forest ecosystem and stabilizing its volatility. EDITED BY Antonio Lara, Alexander van Oudenhoven","PeriodicalId":31680,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Biodiversity Science Ecosystem Services Management","volume":"14 1","pages":"117 - 126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/21513732.2018.1472143","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44972929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}