Soil multifunctionality: Synergies and trade‐offs across European climatic zones and land uses

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dc.contributor.authorZwetsloot, Marie J.
dc.contributor.authorLeeuwen, Jeroen
dc.contributor.authorHemerik, Lia
dc.contributor.authorMartens, Henk
dc.contributor.authorSimó Josa, Iolanda
dc.contributor.authorBroek, Marijn
dc.contributor.authorDebeljak, Marko
dc.contributor.authorRutgers, Michiel
dc.contributor.authorSandén, Taru
dc.contributor.authorWall, David P.
dc.contributor.authorJones, Arwyn
dc.contributor.authorCreamer, Rachel E.
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Unionen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber635201en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-24T15:27:48Z
dc.date.available2024-02-24T15:27:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-08
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractWith increasing societal demands for food security and environmental sustainability on land, the question arises: to what extent do synergies and trade-offs exist between soil functions and how can they be measured across Europe? To address this challenge, we followed the functional land management approach and assessed five soil functions: primary productivity, water regulation and purification, climate regulation, soil biodiversity and nutrient cycling. Soil, management and climate data were collected from 94 sites covering 13 countries, five climatic zones and two land-use types (arable and grassland). This dataset was analysed using the Soil Navigator, a multicriteria decision support system developed to assess the supply of the five soil functions simultaneously. Most sites scored high for two to three soil functions, demonstrating that managing for multifunctionality in soil is possible but that local constraints and trade-offs do exist. Nutrient cycling, biodiversity and climate regulation were less frequently delivered at high capacity than the other two soil functions. Using correlation and co-occurrence analyses, we also found that synergies and trade-offs between soil functions vary among climatic zones and land-use types. This study provides a new framework for monitoring soil quality at the European scale where both the supply of soil functions and their interactions are considered.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHorizon 2020 Framework Programme
dc.identifier.citationZwetsloot, M.J. et al. (2020) “Soil multifunctionality: Synergies and trade‐offs across european climatic zones and land uses,” European Journal of Soil Science, 72(4), pp. 1640–1654. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13051.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13051
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/3637
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Journal of Soil Science;Vol 72
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.source.beginpage1640
dc.source.endpage1654
dc.source.issue4
dc.source.journaltitleEuropean Journal of Soil Science
dc.source.volume72
dc.subjectarable landen_US
dc.subjectclimateen_US
dc.subjectgrasslanden_US
dc.subjectmonitoringen_US
dc.subjectsoil multifunctionalityen_US
dc.subjectsynergiesen_US
dc.subjecttrade-offsen_US
dc.titleSoil multifunctionality: Synergies and trade‐offs across European climatic zones and land usesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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refterms.dateFOA2024-02-24T15:27:50Z
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