Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions
A poor understanding of the interactions between biophysical and social elements within rural mountainous landscapes can lead to suboptimal management and recommendations. The objective of this study was to contribute to more contextualized natural resource management in a rural landscape in the Ecu...
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| author | Caulfield, Mark E. Fonte, Steven J. Groot, Jeroen C.J. Vanek, Steven J. Sherwood, Stephen Oyarzun, Pedro Borja, Ross Mary Dumble, Sam Tittonell, Pablo Adrian |
| author_browse | Borja, Ross Mary Caulfield, Mark E. Dumble, Sam Fonte, Steven J. Groot, Jeroen C.J. Oyarzun, Pedro Sherwood, Stephen Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Vanek, Steven J. |
| author_facet | Caulfield, Mark E. Fonte, Steven J. Groot, Jeroen C.J. Vanek, Steven J. Sherwood, Stephen Oyarzun, Pedro Borja, Ross Mary Dumble, Sam Tittonell, Pablo Adrian |
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| description | A poor understanding of the interactions between biophysical and social elements within rural mountainous landscapes can lead to suboptimal management and recommendations. The objective of this study was to contribute to more contextualized natural resource management in a rural landscape in the Ecuadorian Andes by (1) identifying biophysical patterns in soil properties, biodiversity, and C stocks that emerge from natural landscape pedogenic processes, resulting from elevation-induced climate gradients, erosion and soil textural patterns, and (2) assessing farm management and land-use effects on and their interactions with these biophysical patterns. Our findings revealed that the climate and soil texture gradients within the landscape led to an exponential increase in SOC with elevation moderated by slope gradient, indicating significant erosion processes. Farmers adapted their farm management according to the observed environmental patterns creating three distinct management zones. Differentiated agricultural management in these zones and asymmetrical distribution of land-uses in turn were observed to significantly influence soil and agroecosystem properties. For example, available P was found to be significantly higher in the upper and middle agricultural management zones (24.0 and 28.7 mg/kg, respectively), where agricultural inputs were higher compared to the lower agricultural management zone (8.9 mg/kg,
P < 0.001). Mixed hedgerows, on the other hand, displayed significantly higher Shannon index scores for ground vegetation (1.8) and soil macrofauna (2.0) compared to agricultural land-uses (1.0 and 1.7). Our results provide important insights into how agroecosystem patterns and land management co-developed through complex environment, management, and land-use interactions. |
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| spelling | INTA74862024-02-29T11:57:35Z Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions Caulfield, Mark E. Fonte, Steven J. Groot, Jeroen C.J. Vanek, Steven J. Sherwood, Stephen Oyarzun, Pedro Borja, Ross Mary Dumble, Sam Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Manejo de Fincas Recursos Naturales Ordenación de Recursos Naturales Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Farm Management Natural Resources Natural Resources Management Soil Organic Carbon Sistemas Socioecológicos A poor understanding of the interactions between biophysical and social elements within rural mountainous landscapes can lead to suboptimal management and recommendations. The objective of this study was to contribute to more contextualized natural resource management in a rural landscape in the Ecuadorian Andes by (1) identifying biophysical patterns in soil properties, biodiversity, and C stocks that emerge from natural landscape pedogenic processes, resulting from elevation-induced climate gradients, erosion and soil textural patterns, and (2) assessing farm management and land-use effects on and their interactions with these biophysical patterns. Our findings revealed that the climate and soil texture gradients within the landscape led to an exponential increase in SOC with elevation moderated by slope gradient, indicating significant erosion processes. Farmers adapted their farm management according to the observed environmental patterns creating three distinct management zones. Differentiated agricultural management in these zones and asymmetrical distribution of land-uses in turn were observed to significantly influence soil and agroecosystem properties. For example, available P was found to be significantly higher in the upper and middle agricultural management zones (24.0 and 28.7 mg/kg, respectively), where agricultural inputs were higher compared to the lower agricultural management zone (8.9 mg/kg, P < 0.001). Mixed hedgerows, on the other hand, displayed significantly higher Shannon index scores for ground vegetation (1.8) and soil macrofauna (2.0) compared to agricultural land-uses (1.0 and 1.7). Our results provide important insights into how agroecosystem patterns and land management co-developed through complex environment, management, and land-use interactions. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Caulfield, Mark E. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology; Holanda Fil: Fonte, Steven J. Colorado State University. Department of Soil and Crop Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Groot, Jeroen C. J. Wageningen University & Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Plant Sciences; Holanda Fil: Vanek, Steven J. Colorado State University. Department of Soil and Crop Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Sherwood, Stephen. Wageningen University & Research. Knowledge Technology and Innovation; Holanda Fil: Oyarzun, Pedro. Fundacion EkoRural; Ecuador Fil: Borja, Ross Mary. Fundacion EkoRural; Ecuador Fil: Dumble, Sam. Statistics for Sustainable Development; Inglaterra Fil: Tittonell, Pablo Adrian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina 2020-06-29T18:40:16Z 2020-06-29T18:40:16Z 2020-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7486 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.3113 2150-8925 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3113 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Wiley Ecosphere 11 (4) : Art: e03113 (Abril 2020) |
| spellingShingle | Manejo de Fincas Recursos Naturales Ordenación de Recursos Naturales Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Farm Management Natural Resources Natural Resources Management Soil Organic Carbon Sistemas Socioecológicos Caulfield, Mark E. Fonte, Steven J. Groot, Jeroen C.J. Vanek, Steven J. Sherwood, Stephen Oyarzun, Pedro Borja, Ross Mary Dumble, Sam Tittonell, Pablo Adrian Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions |
| title | Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions |
| title_full | Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions |
| title_fullStr | Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions |
| title_short | Agroecosystem patterns and land management co-develop through environment, management, and land-use interactions |
| title_sort | agroecosystem patterns and land management co develop through environment management and land use interactions |
| topic | Manejo de Fincas Recursos Naturales Ordenación de Recursos Naturales Carbono Orgánico del Suelo Farm Management Natural Resources Natural Resources Management Soil Organic Carbon Sistemas Socioecológicos |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7486 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.3113 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3113 |
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