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Area of Science:

  • Ecological restoration
  • Ecosystem services
  • Sustainable land management

Background:

  • Grassland degradation threatens ecosystem services globally.
  • Achieving ecosystem service multifunctionality in restoration is challenging due to service trade-offs.
  • Restoring species-poor, agriculturally improved grasslands is a key sustainability priority.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess how increasing the number of grassland restoration treatments impacts ecosystem service multifunctionality.
  • To investigate the role of trade-offs in limiting multifunctionality.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of combined interventions for grassland restoration.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a long-term multifactor grassland restoration experiment (established 1989).
  • Applied various treatments: manure, inorganic fertilizer, seed mixture, and nitrogen-fixing legume (Trifolium pratense).
  • Measured 26 ecosystem service indicators between 2011 and 2014 to assess multifunctionality.

Main Results:

  • Single restoration interventions typically resulted in trade-offs among ecosystem services, limiting multifunctionality.
  • Ecosystem service multifunctionality significantly increased with a greater number of applied restoration interventions.
  • Trade-offs among services were reduced when multiple interventions were combined.

Conclusions:

  • Combined use of multiple, targeted restoration interventions is crucial for enhancing ecosystem service multifunctionality in degraded grasslands.
  • This approach can potentially be applied to restore other degraded ecosystems.
  • Integrated restoration strategies offer a promising pathway for sustainable grassland management.