Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands
1. Multiple ecosystem functions need to be considered simultaneously to manage and protect the several ecosystem services that are essential to people and their environments. Despite this, cost effective, tangible, relatively simple and globally relevant methodologies to monitor in situ soil multifu...
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| author | Eldridge, David John Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel Quero, José Luis Ochoa, Victoria Gozalo, Beatriz García-Palacios, Pablo Escolar, Cristina García-Gómez, Miguel Prina, Anibal Bowker, Mathew Alan Bran, Donaldo Eduardo Castro, Ignacio Cea, Alex Derak, Mchich Espinosa, Carlos Ivan Florentino, Adriana Gaitan, Juan Jose Gatica, Gabriel Gómez-González, Susana Ghiloufi, Wahida Gutierrez, Julio Roberto Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth Hernández, Rosa Mary Hughes, Frederic Mendes Muiño, Walter Monerris, Jorge Ospina, Abelardo Ramirez, David A. Ribas-Fernández, Yanina Antonia Lisboa Romão, Roberto Torres-Díaz, Cristian Koen, Terrance B. Maestre Gil, Fernando Tomás |
| author_browse | Bowker, Mathew Alan Bran, Donaldo Eduardo Castro, Ignacio Cea, Alex Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel Derak, Mchich Eldridge, David John Escolar, Cristina Espinosa, Carlos Ivan Florentino, Adriana Gaitan, Juan Jose García-Gómez, Miguel García-Palacios, Pablo Gatica, Gabriel Ghiloufi, Wahida Gozalo, Beatriz Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth Gutierrez, Julio Roberto Gómez-González, Susana Hernández, Rosa Mary Hughes, Frederic Mendes Koen, Terrance B. Lisboa Romão, Roberto Maestre Gil, Fernando Tomás Monerris, Jorge Muiño, Walter Ochoa, Victoria Ospina, Abelardo Prina, Anibal Quero, José Luis Ramirez, David A. Ribas-Fernández, Yanina Antonia Torres-Díaz, Cristian |
| author_facet | Eldridge, David John Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel Quero, José Luis Ochoa, Victoria Gozalo, Beatriz García-Palacios, Pablo Escolar, Cristina García-Gómez, Miguel Prina, Anibal Bowker, Mathew Alan Bran, Donaldo Eduardo Castro, Ignacio Cea, Alex Derak, Mchich Espinosa, Carlos Ivan Florentino, Adriana Gaitan, Juan Jose Gatica, Gabriel Gómez-González, Susana Ghiloufi, Wahida Gutierrez, Julio Roberto Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth Hernández, Rosa Mary Hughes, Frederic Mendes Muiño, Walter Monerris, Jorge Ospina, Abelardo Ramirez, David A. Ribas-Fernández, Yanina Antonia Lisboa Romão, Roberto Torres-Díaz, Cristian Koen, Terrance B. Maestre Gil, Fernando Tomás |
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| description | 1. Multiple ecosystem functions need to be considered simultaneously to manage and protect the several ecosystem services that are essential to people and their environments. Despite this, cost effective, tangible, relatively simple and globally relevant methodologies to monitor in situ soil multifunctionality, that is, the provision of multiple ecosystem functions by soils, have not been tested at the global scale.
2. We combined correlation analysis and structural equation modelling to explore whether we could find easily measured, field-based indicators of soil multifunctionality (measured using functions linked to the cycling and storage of soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus). To do this, we gathered soil data from 120 dryland ecosystems from five continents.
3. Two soil surface attributes measured in situ (litter incorporation and surface aggregate stability) were the most strongly associated with soil multifunctionality, even after accounting for geographic location and other drivers such as climate, woody cover, soil pH and soil electric conductivity. The positive relationships between surface stability and litter incorporation on soil multifunctionality were greater beneath the canopy of perennial vegetation than in adjacent, open areas devoid of vascular plants. The positive associations between surface aggregate stability and soil functions increased with increasing mean annual temperature.
4. Synthesis and applications. Our findings demonstrate that a reduced suite of easily measured in situ soil surface attributes can be used as potential indicators of soil multifunctionality in drylands world-wide. These attributes, which relate to plant litter (origin, incorporation, cover), and surface stability, are relatively cheap and easy to assess with minimal training, allowing operators to sample many sites across widely varying climatic areas and soil types. The correlations of these variables are comparable to the influence of climate or soil, and would allow cost-effective monitoring of soil multifunctionality under changing land-use and environmental
conditions. This would provide important information for evaluating the ecological impacts of land degradation, desertification and climate change in drylands world-wide. |
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| spelling | INTA68942020-03-06T10:55:25Z Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands Eldridge, David John Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel Quero, José Luis Ochoa, Victoria Gozalo, Beatriz García-Palacios, Pablo Escolar, Cristina García-Gómez, Miguel Prina, Anibal Bowker, Mathew Alan Bran, Donaldo Eduardo Castro, Ignacio Cea, Alex Derak, Mchich Espinosa, Carlos Ivan Florentino, Adriana Gaitan, Juan Jose Gatica, Gabriel Gómez-González, Susana Ghiloufi, Wahida Gutierrez, Julio Roberto Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth Hernández, Rosa Mary Hughes, Frederic Mendes Muiño, Walter Monerris, Jorge Ospina, Abelardo Ramirez, David A. Ribas-Fernández, Yanina Antonia Lisboa Romão, Roberto Torres-Díaz, Cristian Koen, Terrance B. Maestre Gil, Fernando Tomás Suelo Árido Suelo Semiárido Organismos Indicadores Degradación del Suelo Degradación de Tierras Desertificación Cambio Climático Vigilancia Arid Soils Semiarid Soils Indicator Organisms Soil Degradation Land Degradation Desertification Climate Change Monitoring Multifuncionalidad del Suelo Monitoreo 1. Multiple ecosystem functions need to be considered simultaneously to manage and protect the several ecosystem services that are essential to people and their environments. Despite this, cost effective, tangible, relatively simple and globally relevant methodologies to monitor in situ soil multifunctionality, that is, the provision of multiple ecosystem functions by soils, have not been tested at the global scale. 2. We combined correlation analysis and structural equation modelling to explore whether we could find easily measured, field-based indicators of soil multifunctionality (measured using functions linked to the cycling and storage of soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus). To do this, we gathered soil data from 120 dryland ecosystems from five continents. 3. Two soil surface attributes measured in situ (litter incorporation and surface aggregate stability) were the most strongly associated with soil multifunctionality, even after accounting for geographic location and other drivers such as climate, woody cover, soil pH and soil electric conductivity. The positive relationships between surface stability and litter incorporation on soil multifunctionality were greater beneath the canopy of perennial vegetation than in adjacent, open areas devoid of vascular plants. The positive associations between surface aggregate stability and soil functions increased with increasing mean annual temperature. 4. Synthesis and applications. Our findings demonstrate that a reduced suite of easily measured in situ soil surface attributes can be used as potential indicators of soil multifunctionality in drylands world-wide. These attributes, which relate to plant litter (origin, incorporation, cover), and surface stability, are relatively cheap and easy to assess with minimal training, allowing operators to sample many sites across widely varying climatic areas and soil types. The correlations of these variables are comparable to the influence of climate or soil, and would allow cost-effective monitoring of soil multifunctionality under changing land-use and environmental conditions. This would provide important information for evaluating the ecological impacts of land degradation, desertification and climate change in drylands world-wide. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Eldridge, David John. University of New South Wales. Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences; Australia Fil: Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica; Argentina Fil: Quero, José Luis. Universidad de Córdoba. Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal; España Fil: Ochoa, Victoria. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica; España Fil: Gozalo, Beatriz. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica; España Fil: García-Palacios, Pablo. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica; España Fil: Escolar, Cristina. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica; España Fil: García-Gómez, Miguel. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Departamento de Ingeniería y Morfología del Terreno; España Fil: Prina, Anibal. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica; Argentina Fil: Bowker, Mathew Alan. Northern Arizona University. School of Forestry; Estados Unidos Fil: Bran, Donaldo Eduardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Castro, Ignacio. Universidad Experimental Simón Rodríguez. Centro de Agroecología Tropical; Venezuela Fil: Cea, Alex. Universidad de La Serena; Chile Fil: Derak, Mchich. Direction Régionale des Eaux et Forêts et de la Lutte Contre la Désertification du Rif; Marruecos Fil: Espinosa, Carlos Ivan. Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Ecuador Fil: Florentino, Adriana. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Edafología; Venezuela Fil: Gaitan, Juan Jose. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Suelos; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján. Departamento de Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Gatica, Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y la Biosfera; Argentina Fil: Gómez-González, Susana. Universidad de Cádiz. Departamento de Biología-IVAGRO; España Fil: Ghiloufi, Wahida. Université de Sfax. Faculté des Sciences. Unité de Recherche Plant Diversity and Ecosystems in Arid Environments; Tunez Fil: Gutierrez, Julio Roberto. Universidad de La Serena; Chile Fil: Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth. Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Ecuador Fil: Hernández, Rosa Mary. Universidad Experimental Simón Rodríguez. Centro de Agroecología Tropical. Laboratorio de Biogeoquímica 20; Venezuela Fil: Hughes, Frederic Mendes. Instituto Nacional Mata Atlântica; Brasil Fil: Muiño, Walter. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica; Argentina Fil: Monerris, Jorge. Agrinova, Recherche et Innovation en Agriculture; Canada Fil: Ospina, Abelardo. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Edafología; Venezuela Fil: Ramirez, David A. International Potato Centre; Peru Fil: Ribas-Fernández, Yanina Antonia. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y la Biosfera; Argentina Fil: Lisboa Romão, Roberto. Instituto Nacional Mata Atlântica; Brasil Fil: Torres-Díaz, Cristian. Universidad del Bío-Bío. Departamento de Ciencias Básicas. Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global; Chile Fil: Koen, Terrance B. NSW Office of Environment and Heritage; Australia Fil: Maestre Gil, Fernando Tomás. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología. Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica; España 2020-03-06T10:44:30Z 2020-03-06T10:44:30Z 2020-02 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6894 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2664.13540 1365-2664 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13540 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Wiley Journal of Applied Ecology 57 (2) : 424-435 (Febrero 2020) |
| spellingShingle | Suelo Árido Suelo Semiárido Organismos Indicadores Degradación del Suelo Degradación de Tierras Desertificación Cambio Climático Vigilancia Arid Soils Semiarid Soils Indicator Organisms Soil Degradation Land Degradation Desertification Climate Change Monitoring Multifuncionalidad del Suelo Monitoreo Eldridge, David John Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel Quero, José Luis Ochoa, Victoria Gozalo, Beatriz García-Palacios, Pablo Escolar, Cristina García-Gómez, Miguel Prina, Anibal Bowker, Mathew Alan Bran, Donaldo Eduardo Castro, Ignacio Cea, Alex Derak, Mchich Espinosa, Carlos Ivan Florentino, Adriana Gaitan, Juan Jose Gatica, Gabriel Gómez-González, Susana Ghiloufi, Wahida Gutierrez, Julio Roberto Gusmán-Montalván, Elizabeth Hernández, Rosa Mary Hughes, Frederic Mendes Muiño, Walter Monerris, Jorge Ospina, Abelardo Ramirez, David A. Ribas-Fernández, Yanina Antonia Lisboa Romão, Roberto Torres-Díaz, Cristian Koen, Terrance B. Maestre Gil, Fernando Tomás Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands |
| title | Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands |
| title_full | Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands |
| title_fullStr | Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands |
| title_short | Surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands |
| title_sort | surface indicators are correlated with soil multifunctionality in global drylands |
| topic | Suelo Árido Suelo Semiárido Organismos Indicadores Degradación del Suelo Degradación de Tierras Desertificación Cambio Climático Vigilancia Arid Soils Semiarid Soils Indicator Organisms Soil Degradation Land Degradation Desertification Climate Change Monitoring Multifuncionalidad del Suelo Monitoreo |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/6894 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2664.13540 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13540 |
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