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Compositional diversity of rehabilitated tropical lands supports multiple ecosystem services and buffers uncertainties

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  • Thomas Knoke

    (Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Carola Paul

    (Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Patrick Hildebrandt

    (Institute of Silviculture, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Baltazar Calvas

    (Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München
    Institute of Silviculture, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Luz Maria Castro

    (Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München
    Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja)

  • Fabian Härtl

    (Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Martin Döllerer

    (Institute of Forest Management, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Ute Hamer

    (Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Muenster)

  • David Windhorst

    (Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

  • Yolanda F. Wiersma

    (Memorial University)

  • Giulia F. Curatola Fernández

    (Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing (LCRS), Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg)

  • Wolfgang A. Obermeier

    (Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing (LCRS), Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg)

  • Julia Adams

    (University of Bayreuth)

  • Lutz Breuer

    (Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

  • Reinhard Mosandl

    (Institute of Silviculture, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Erwin Beck

    (University of Bayreuth)

  • Michael Weber

    (Institute of Silviculture, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Bernd Stimm

    (Institute of Silviculture, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Wolfgang Haber

    (Chair of Terrestrial Ecology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München)

  • Christine Fürst

    (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research-Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Campus Alpin)

  • Jörg Bendix

    (Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing (LCRS), Faculty of Geography, University of Marburg)

Abstract

High landscape diversity is assumed to increase the number and level of ecosystem services. However, the interactions between ecosystem service provision, disturbance and landscape composition are poorly understood. Here we present a novel approach to include uncertainty in the optimization of land allocation for improving the provision of multiple ecosystem services. We refer to the rehabilitation of abandoned agricultural lands in Ecuador including two types of both afforestation and pasture rehabilitation, together with a succession option. Our results show that high compositional landscape diversity supports multiple ecosystem services (multifunction effect). This implicitly provides a buffer against uncertainty. Our work shows that active integration of uncertainty is only important when optimizing single or highly correlated ecosystem services and that the multifunction effect on landscape diversity is stronger than the uncertainty effect. This is an important insight to support a land-use planning based on ecosystem services.

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  • Thomas Knoke & Carola Paul & Patrick Hildebrandt & Baltazar Calvas & Luz Maria Castro & Fabian Härtl & Martin Döllerer & Ute Hamer & David Windhorst & Yolanda F. Wiersma & Giulia F. Curatola Fernández, 2016. "Compositional diversity of rehabilitated tropical lands supports multiple ecosystem services and buffers uncertainties," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms11877
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11877
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    1. Lee, Heera & Seo, Bumsuk & Cord, Anna F. & Volk, Martin & Lautenbach, Sven, 2022. "Using crowdsourced images to study selected cultural ecosystem services and their relationships with species richness and carbon sequestration," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).
    2. Eyvindson, Kyle & Duflot, Rémi & Triviño, María & Blattert, Clemens & Potterf, Mária & Mönkkönen, Mikko, 2021. "High boreal forest multifunctionality requires continuous cover forestry as a dominant management," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
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    4. Rolo, Victor & Roces-Diaz, Jose V. & Torralba, Mario & Kay, Sonja & Fagerholm, Nora & Aviron, Stephanie & Burgess, Paul & Crous-Duran, Josep & Ferreiro-Dominguez, Nuria & Graves, Anil & Hartel, Tibor , 2021. "Mixtures of forest and agroforestry alleviate trade-offs between ecosystem services in European rural landscapes," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).
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    6. Luz Maria Castro & Fabian Härtl & Santiago Ochoa & Baltazar Calvas & Leonardo Izquierdo & Thomas Knoke, 2018. "Integrated bio-economic models as tools to support land-use decision making: a review of potential and limitations," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 20(2), pages 183-211, July.
    7. Hua Xia & Shidong Ge & Xinyu Zhang & Gunwoo Kim & Yakai Lei & Yang Liu, 2021. "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Green Infrastructure in an Agricultural Peri-Urban Area: A Case Study of Baisha District in Zhengzhou, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-21, July.
    8. Rössert, Sebastian & Gosling, Elizabeth & Gandorfer, Markus & Knoke, Thomas, 2022. "Woodchips or potato chips? How enhancing soil carbon and reducing chemical inputs influence the allocation of cropland," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    9. Susanne Neuner & Thomas Knoke, 2017. "Economic consequences of altered survival of mixed or pure Norway spruce under a dryer and warmer climate," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 140(3), pages 519-531, February.
    10. Kolo, Horst & Kindu, Mengistie & Knoke, Thomas, 2020. "Optimizing forest management for timber production, carbon sequestration and groundwater recharge," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 44(C).
    11. Barbati, Maria & Greco, Salvatore & Kadziński, Miłosz & Słowiński, Roman, 2018. "Optimization of multiple satisfaction levels in portfolio decision analysis," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 192-204.
    12. Chengyan Tang & Jing Li & Zixiang Zhou & Li Zeng & Cheng Zhang & Hui Ran, 2019. "How to Optimize Ecosystem Services Based on a Bayesian Model: A Case Study of Jinghe River Basin," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(15), pages 1-18, August.
    13. Blattert, Clemens & Eyvindson, Kyle & Hartikainen, Markus & Burgas, Daniel & Potterf, Maria & Lukkarinen, Jani & Snäll, Tord & Toraño-Caicoya, Astor & Mönkkönen, Mikko, 2022. "Sectoral policies cause incoherence in forest management and ecosystem service provisioning," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
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    15. Torres, Bolier & Günter, Sven & Acevedo-Cabra, Ricardo & Knoke, Thomas, 2018. "Livelihood strategies, ethnicity and rural income: The case of migrant settlers and indigenous populations in the Ecuadorian Amazon," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 22-34.
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