Naslov
Mapping soil ecosystem services. Challenges and opportunities.

Autori
Pereira, Paulo ; Brevik, Eric ; Bogunovic, Igor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
2020 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA International Virtual Annual Meeting Highlights / - , 2020, 1-1

Skup
2020 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting: Translating Visionary Science to Practice

Mjesto i datum
Online, 09.11.2020. - 13.11.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Soil ; Ecosystem services ; Mapping ; Land use

Sažetak
Mapping soil ecosystem services. Challenges and opportunities. Soils provide essential ecosystem services such as water and flood regulation, carbon sequestration, pollutant filtration, food provisioning, and cultural heritage storage. Although the innumerous works carried out about soil ecosystem services are still a challenge to assess soil ecosystem services' accuracy as a consequence of the complexity inherent of soil. Natural (topography and climate) and anthropogenic (e.g., pollution and management) disturbances affect the quantity and quality of soil ecosystem services. Deal with this complexity and uncertainty has been a caveat in advance of soil ecosystem services studies. Several indicators have been proposed to assess soil ecosystem services. However, indicators tell a part of the story ; more complex models are needed. Mapping is essential to understand soil patterns. However, very few attempts have been made to map soil ecosystem services. This is a crucial aspect to show the importance of soil to sustain humanity. Nevertheless, the task is complicated because of the lack of data (especially soil biology) at different scales and methodologies. Nevertheless, this is the step forward, and it is essential to create frameworks that could map soil ecosystem services in different contexts (e.g., forests, grasslands, urban and agriculture areas). In this work, we will show an example of a framework applied to map soil formation at a national scale in Lithuania.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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