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The ecosystem service (ES) approach usually addresses soil erosion as the regulating service control of erosion rates or soil retention. In addition to the assessment of this regulating ES, mitigated impacts on soil-related ES by preventing soil erosion can be assessed. This study presents a scenario-based approach for the assessment of the impact of soil erosion on soil-related ES. The assessment approach was tested in agricultural landscapes in Northern Germany, combining mapping and assessment of soil-related ES. In six scenarios, the degradation of soils due to soil erosion was simulated by the calculation of soil profile reductions. The scenarios represent two levels of impact with three time steps (+50, +100, +150 years). In the scenarios for the structural impact, the potential soil erosion rates were extrapolated into the future to generate spatially explicit information on degraded soils. In the scenarios for the mitigated impact, the actual soil erosion rates were extrapolated. Four soil-related ES were assessed for the initial state and the scenarios crop provision, water filtration, water flow regulation and fresh water provision. The comparison of the potential service supply of the four soil-related ES in the scenarios enabled the assessment of the long-term effect of the ES control of erosion rates. The mitigated reduction in the potential service supply for three of the considered ES (crop provision, water filtration, water flow regulation) is large and highlights the importance of sustainable soil management. Contrary to this, the ES fresh water provision benefits of erosion-induced soil profile reductions. © 2021, The Author(s).
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License of this version: | CC BY 4.0 Unported - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Publication type: | Article |
Publishing status: | publishedVersion |
Publication date: | 2021 |
Keywords english: | CICES, Control of erosion rates, Landscape, Soil natural capital, Soil retention, Water erosion, Agricultural robots, Agronomy, Crops, Ecosystems, Erosion, Extrapolation, Flow of water, Hydraulics, Soil testing, Soils, Water, Water filtration, Agricultural landscapes, Assessment approaches, Development and testing, Ecosystem services, Long-term effects, Soil erosion rate, Spatially explicit, Sustainable soil management, Soil conservation, agricultural land, assessment method, ecosystem service, erosion rate, natural capital, retention, soil erosion, water erosion, alkalinity, Article, barley, bulk density, climate, controlled study, crop production, drought, environmental impact, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring, evapotranspiration, Germany, growing season, harvest, harvesting, leaching, nonhuman, precipitation, runoff, soil acidity, soil degradation, soil erosion, soil management, soil quality, soil texture, tillage, vegetation, water contamination, water filtration, water flow, water quality, water supply, ecosystem, environmental protection, soil, soil erosion, Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecosystem, Environmental Monitoring, Soil Erosion |
DDC: | 333,7 | Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt |
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