monetary ecosystem service stock accounts (net present value of ecosystem services over the life of the asset) After defining the asset, this study will work through each component in turn, providing recommendations where possible for developing a semi-natural grassland ecosystem account. The professional study of dry grasslands falls under the category of rangeland management, which focuses on ecosystem services associated with the grass-dominated arid and semi-arid rangelands of the world. Chapter 1: Primary production of grasslands, herbage accumulation and use, and impacts of climate change. Introduction: Food security and environmental impacts; challenge for grassland sciences. Fig. Yet, the outcome of different management strategies on ES provision is highly uncertain due to spatial variability. Search type Research Explorer Website Staff directory. Chapter ; Aa; Aa; Get access. However, abandonment, changes in traditional management practices and agricultural intensification constitute a major threat to these grasslands worldwide and these practices have led to declines in species diversity. AFRI COMPETITIVE GRANT. The Long-Term Disaster Far Worse than the COVID-19 Pandemic … Ecosystem services, Biodiversity, Soil fertility, Stakeholders’ perceptions, Mountain grasslands View graph of relations Stakeholder perceptions of grassland ecosystem services in relation to knowledge on soil fertility and biodiversity Annual. 2000 and Havstad et al. National Institute of Food and Agriculture Project Status. Under the trend scenario, all ecosystem services except water quality decreased for managed grassland, especially in fertilised grassland below 1200 … We conclude that for an adequate consideration of grasslands in holistic ecosystem services assessments, the direction of grassland change is important. Climate change effects on grassland ecosystem serv... Grasslands and Climate Change. Grassland Productivity and Ecosystem Services highlights the need for an immediate balance between agriculture and ecological management for sustainability in the future. Reporting Frequency. Interestingly, the lightly degraded grassland provided more economic benefit from carbon maintenance and nutrient sequestration compared to non-degraded. The ecosystem services of degraded grassland (moderate, heavy and severe) were all significantly lower than non-degraded grassland. Grasslands as Major Providers of Ecosystem Services Grasslands cover a large fraction of the land surface in temperate climatic zones. An international team of 32 scientists, from 22 institutions, led by Dr Maria Felipe-Lucia (UFZ, iDiv) and … We use Alternatively, use our A–Z index Search text. Grasslands provide multiple Ecosystem Services (ES) such as forage provision, carbon sequestration or habitat provision. Accession No. Ecosystem services are crucial for human well-being and they depend on a well-functioning ecosystem and complex interactions among many organisms. A huge part of that rich biodiversity is within the pasture and grassland ecosystems. Grassland has the greatest potential for providing this service, but the organic fields are large and biodiversity is low. 3). We here provide an overview of trait–service groups and their inherent trade‐offs and synergies among the services of grassland ecosystems that are not based on simple co‐occurrences in space and time, but rather indicate mechanistic linkages via shared functional species traits. Grasslands cover 41% of Earth's land surface and provide livelihoods for nearly 800 million people, as well as forage for livestock, wildlife habitat, valuable ecosystem services, and locations for recreation and tourism (Zhang 2006, Strömberg et al. ), a keystone burrowing rodent. 2007 ) 123 The aim of this study was to identify in three European mountain regions the ecosystem services of grassland that different stakeholders identify (which ecosystem services for whom), the relative rankings of these ecosystem services, and how stakeholders perceive the provision of these ecosystem services to be related to agricultural activities. While impacts of this loss on maintenance of grassland biodiversity have been widely documented, much less is known about the consequences on the supply of ecosystem services. We aimed to review the scope, major methods, and key findings of GESs, and identify knowledge gaps and future directions. 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