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Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems

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Title Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems
 
Creator Costantini, Edoardo
 
Contributor Branquinho, Cristina
Nunes, Alice
Schwilch, Gudrun
Stavi, Ilan
Valdecantos, Alejandro
Zucca, Claudio
 
Description Soil indicators may be used for assessing both land
suitability for restoration and the effectiveness of restoration
strategies in restoring ecosystem functioning and services. In
this review paper, several soil indicators, which can be used
to assess the effectiveness of ecological restoration strategies
in dryland ecosystems at different spatial and temporal
scales, are discussed. The selected indicators represent the
different viewpoints of pedology, ecology, hydrology, and
land management. Two overall outcomes stem from the review.
(i) The success of restoration projects relies on a proper
understanding of their ecology, namely the relationships between
soil, plants, hydrology, climate, and land management
at different scales, which are particularly complex due to the
heterogeneous pattern of ecosystems functioning in drylands.
(ii) The selection of the most suitable soil indicators follows
a clear identification of the different and sometimes competing
ecosystem services that the project is aimed at restoring.
 
Date 2017-02-18T14:41:31Z
2017-02-18T14:41:31Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://www.solid-earth.net/7/397/2016/
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/63eM1704/v/bbab623ea43c381b8671c3ab75214e09
Edoardo Costantini, Cristina Branquinho, Alice Nunes, Gudrun Schwilch, Ilan Stavi, Alejandro Valdecantos, Claudio Zucca. (10/3/2016). Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems. Solid Earth, 7 (2), pp. 397-414.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5763
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher European Geosciences Union (EGU)
 
Source Solid Earth;7,(2016) Pagination 397-414