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Institutional challenges in putting ecosystem service knowledge in practice

Saarikoski, H.; Primmer, E.; Saarela, S.-R.; Antunes, P.; Aszalós, R.; Baró, F.; Berry, P.; Blanko, G.G.; Goméz-Baggethun, E.; Carvalho, L.; Dick, J.; Dunford, R.; Hanzu, M.; Harrison, P.A.; Izakovicova, Z.; Kertész, M.; Kopperoinen, L.; Köhler, B.; Langemeyer, J.; Lapola, D.; Liquete, C.; Luque, S.; Mederly, P.; Niemelä, J.; Palomo, I.; Pastur, G.M.; Peri, P.L.; Preda, E.; Priess, J.A.; Santos, R.; Schleyer, C.; Turkelboom, F.; Vadineanu, A.; Verheyden, W.; Vikström, S.; Young, J. (Elsevier, 2018)

The promise that ecosystem service assessments will contribute to better decision-making is not yet proven. We analyse how knowledge on ecosystem services is actually used to inform land and water management in 22 case ...

Economic viability of the national-scale forestation program: The case of success in the Republic of Korea

Lee, J.; Lim, C.-H.; Kim, G.S.; Markandya, A.; Chowdhury, S.; Kim, S.J.; Lee, W.-K.; Son, Y. (Elsevier, 2018)

The forests in the Republic of Korea (ROK) successfully recovered through the national forestation program as did the ecosystem services associated with them. With this positive experience, it is instructive to investigate ...

Machine learning for ecosystem services

Willcock, S.; Martínez-López, J.; Hooftman, D.A.P.; Bagstad, K.J.; Balbi, S.; Marzo, A.; Prato, C.; Sciandrello, S.; Signorello, G.; Voigt, B.; Villa, F.; Bullock, J.M.; Athanasiadis, I.N. (Elsevier, 2018)

Recent developments in machine learning have expanded data-driven modelling (DDM) capabilities, allowing artificial intelligence to infer the behaviour of a system by computing and exploiting correlations between observed ...

Characterising the rural-urban gradient through the participatory mapping of ecosystem services: Insights for landscape planning

Palomo-Campesino, S.; Palomo, I.; Moreno, J.; González, J.A. (Pensoft Publishers, 2018)

The application of the ecosystem services (ES) framework in landscape planning has become particularly relevant in rural-urban gradients since it allows for the integration of the complex interactions between ES supply and ...

Habitat fragmentation is linked to cascading effects on soil functioning and CO2 emissions in Mediterranean holm-oak-forests

Flores-Rentería,Dulce; Rincón,Ana; Morán-López,Teresa; Heres,Ana-Maria; Pérez-Izquierdo,Leticia; Valladares,Fernando; Curiel, Yuste,Jorge (PeerJ, 2018)

We studied key mechanisms and drivers of soil functioning by analyzing soil respiration and enzymatic activity in Mediterranean holm oak forest fragments with different influence of the agricultural matrix. For this, ...

The role of flexible biofuel policies in meeting biofuel mandates

Markandya, A.; Dhavala, K.; Palma, A. (AIMS Press, 2018)

The paper analyzes the role of biofuel sector in three major regions (USA, European Union and Brazil). It focuses on the links between volatility in the yields of feedstock and how these yields feed through to changes in ...

A reconstructed database of historic bluefin tuna captures in the Gibraltar Strait and Western Mediterranean

Polanco-Martínez, Josué, M.; Caballero-Alfonso, Ángela, M.; Ganzedo, Unai; Castro-Hernández, José, J. (Elsevier, 2018)

This data paper presents a reconstruction of a compilation of a small but consistent database of historical capture records of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus; BFT hereafter) from the Gibraltar Strait and Western Mediterranean ...

Is Seasonal Households' Consumption Good for the Nexus Carbon/Water Footprint? the Spanish Fruits and Vegetables Case

Tobarra, M.A.; López, L.A.; Cadarso, M.A.; Gómez, N.; Cazcarro, I. (American Chemical Society, 2018)

Proximity and in-season consumption criteria have been suggested as solutions for fruits and vegetables consumers to drive the economy to a more sustainable development. Using a new concept, seasonal avoided footprint by ...

The natural capital accounting opportunity: Let s really do the numbers

Boyd, J.W.; Bagstad, K.J.; Ingram, J.C.; Shapiro, C.D.; Adkins, J.E.; Frank, Casey C.; Duke, C.S.; Glynn, P.D.; Goldman, E.; Grasso, M.; Hass, J.L.; Johnson, J.A.; Lange, G.-M.; Matuszak, J.; Miller, A.; Oleson, K.L.L.; Posner, S.M.; Rhodes, C.; Soulard, F.; Vardon, M.; Villa, F.; Voigt, B.; Wentland, S. (Oxford University Press, 2018)

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Accounting for Raw Material Embodied in Imports by Multi-regional Input-Output Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment, Using Finland as a Study Case

Piñero, P.; Cazcarro, I.; Arto, I.; Mäenpää, I.; Juutinen, A.; Pongrácz, E. (Elsevier, 2018)

The two main methods used to estimate raw material embodied in imports are life cycle assessment (LCA) and multi-regional input-output (MRIO) models. The key advantage of LCA is its higher product resolution but it relies ...

Responses of sub-Saharan smallholders to climate change: Strategies and drivers of adaptation

García de Jalón, S.; Iglesias, A.; Neumann, M.B. (Elsevier, 2018)

Rural farm households in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to climate variability due to their limited adaptive capacity. This paper explores how adaptation strategies are adopted by small-holders in sub-Saharan Africa as ...

Free satellite data key to conservation

Buchanan, G.M.; Beresford, A.E.; Hebblewhite, M.; Escobedo, F.J.; De Klerk, H.M.; Donald, P.F.; Escribano, P.; Koh, L.P.; Martínez-López, J.; Pettorelli, N.; Skidmore, A.K.; Szantoi, Z.; Tabor, K.; Wegmann, M.; Wich, S. (AAAS, 2018)

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Modeling regional effects of climate change on soil organic carbon in Spain

Jebari, Asma; del Prado, Agustin; Pardo, Guillermo; Martín Rodríguez, Antonio, José; Álvaro-Fuentes, Jorge (American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science and Soil Science, 2018)

Soil organic C (SOC) stock assessments at the regional scale under climate change scenarios are of paramount importance in implementing soil management practices to mitigate climate change. In this study, we estimated the ...

Border Carbon Adjustments Based on Avoided Emissions: Addressing the Challenge of Its Design

Rocchi, P.; Serrano, M.; Roca, J.; Arto, I. (Elsevier, 2018)

Carbon pricing is an essential instrument to address climate change. However international differences in carbon control policies may cause not only carbon leakage but also competitiveness disadvantages. In this context, ...

Competitive ability, stress tolerance and plant interactions along stress gradients

Qi, M.; Sun, T.; Xue, S.; Yang, W.; Shao, D.; Martínez-López, J. (Ecological Society of America, 2018)

Exceptions to the generality of the stress-gradient hypothesis (SGH) may be reconciled by considering species-specific traits and stress tolerance strategies. Studies have tested stress tolerance and competitive ability ...

Assessing nature s contributions to people: Recognizing culture, and diverse sources of knowledge, can improve assessments

Díaz, S.; Pascual, U.; Stenseke, M.; Martín-López, B.; Watson, R.T.; Molnár, Z.; Hill, R.; Chan, K.M.A.; Baste, I.A.; Brauman, K.A.; Polasky, S.; Church, A.; Lonsdale, M.; Larigauderie, A.; Leadley, P.W.; Van Oudenhoven, A.P.E.; Van Der Plaat, F.; Schröter, M.; Lavorel, S.; Aumeeruddy-Thomas, Y.; Bukvareva, E.; Davies, K.; Demissew, S.; Erpul, G.; Failler, P.; Guerra, C.A.; Hewitt, C.L.; Keune, H.; Lindley, S.; Shirayama, Y. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018)

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Agent-based modelling to assess community food security and sustainable livelihoods

Dobbie, S.; Schreckenberg, K.; Dyke, J.G.; Schaafsma, M.; Balbi, S. (SimSoc Consortium, 2018)

We present a methodological approach for constructing an agent-based model (ABM) to assess community food security and variation among livelihood trajectories, using rural Malawi as a case study. The approach integrates ...

Edge disturbance drives liana abundance increase and alteration of liana host tree interactions in tropical forest fragments

Campbell, M.J.; Edwards, W.; Magrach, A.; Alamgir, M.; Porolak, G.; Mohandass, D.; Laurance, W.F. (John Wiley and Sons, 2018)

Closed-canopy forests are being rapidly fragmented across much of the tropical world. Determining the impacts of fragmentation on ecological processes enables better forest management and improves species-conservation ...

A systematic review of non-productivityrelated animal-based indicators of heat stress resilience in dairy cattle

Galán, E.; Llonch, P.; Villagrá, A.; Levit, H.; Pinto, S.; del Prado, A. (PLoS One, 2018)

Introduction Projected temperature rise in the upcoming years due to climate change has increased interest in studying the effects of heat stress in dairy cows. Environmental indices are commonly used for detecting heat ...

Multi-temporal influence of vegetation on soil respiration in a droughtaffected forest

Barba, J.; Lloret, F.; Poyatos, R.; Molowny-Horas, R.; Yuste, J.C. (SISEF, 2018)

Aboveground plant activity influences fine roots and rhizosphere activity, which is reflected on soil respiration (SR). However, it is still unclear and poorly understood the nature of plant activity control over SR, ...