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Hannah E Birgé¹, Rebecca A Bevans¹, Craig R Allen²

¹Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA.

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Summary

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Soil ecosystem services, vital for climate regulation and agriculture, can be lost due to mismanagement. An adaptive management framework helps reduce uncertainty and preserve soil multifunctionality.

Keywords:

Multifunctionality biodiversity ecological restoration soil functioning structured decision making

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Area of Science:

Soil science
Ecology
Environmental management

Background:

Soils provide critical ecosystem services, including climate regulation, agricultural production, and water purification.
These services result from complex interactions within soil communities across various scales.
Mismanagement can lead to non-linear and persistent losses of soil ecosystem services.

Purpose of the Study:

To present an adaptive management framework to reduce uncertainty in soil systems.
To enable managers to achieve goals without undermining soil multifunctionality.
To prevent irreversible loss of soil ecosystem services.

Main Methods:

Developing and testing alternative hypotheses about soil system dynamics.
Adjusting management strategies based on observed outcomes.
Probing mechanistic relationships between aboveground and belowground soil components.

Main Results:

The framework aims to reduce uncertainty in soil management.
It allows for preservation of soil ecosystem services.
It helps avoid critical ecological thresholds.

Conclusions:

Adaptive management is crucial for preserving soil multifunctionality.
This framework can be applied even when soil services are not the primary management objective.
It supports sustainable management practices to prevent ecosystem degradation.