Table 2 Examples from the test library summarizing conservation land management strategies assessed, ecosystem services measured, indicators (non-exclusive), crops and country of assessment
Conservation land management | Ecosystem service | Properties studied | Indicators | Crop | Country | Publication | Year | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Native vegetative patches in farmland | Pollination | Biological | Flower visitation networks, seed mass, honeybee and visitor abundance | Sunflower | South Africa | Ecology Letters | 2011 | Carvalheiro, L. G., Veldtman, R., Shenkute, A. G., Tesfay, G. B., Pirk, C. W. W., Donaldson, J. S., and Nicolson, S. W. |
Reforestation, crop rotation | Soil, carbon | Chemical and biological | Soil organic carbon, microbial biomass, dissolved organic carbon | Rice | China | Journal of Plant Ecology | 2013 | Cui, J., Zhang, R., Bu, N., Zhang, H., Tang, B., Li, Z., Jiang, L., Chen, J.and Fang, C. |
Surface crop residue retention, crop rotation, ridge and furrow systems, legume intercrop | Water, soil, carbon | Chemical and physical | Water infiltration rates, soil moisture, soil organic carbon, texture, NPK, heavy metals | Maize | Malawi | Field Crops Research | 2013 | Thierfelder, C., Chisui, J. L., Gama, M., Cheesman, S., Jere, F. D., Bunderson, W. T., Eash, N. S. and Rusinamhodzi, L. |
Fallowing with pigeon pea and elephant grass | Soil, carbon, biodiversity | Chemical and biological | Soil organic carbon, pH, enzyme activity, microbial biomass | Maize | Ghana | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2008 | Asuming-Brempong, S., Gantner, S., Adiku, S.G.K., Archer, G., Edusei, V. and Tiedje, J. M. |
Agroforestry with herbaceous, shrub and tree species strips | Carbon, Soil | Chemical and biological | Soil organic carbon, species diversity and composition, pH, soil exchangeable cations, NPK | Oil palm | Brazil | Agroforestry Systems | 2014 | de Carvalho, W. R., Vasconcelos, S. S., Kato, O. R., Capela, C. J., B., and Castellani, D. C. |
No-till, fallowing, farmyard manure and crop residue mulching | Carbon, soil, water | Chemical and physical | Soil organic carbon, soil texture, water pH, total base cations, bulk density, nitrogen | Cotton | Burkina Faso | Nutrient Cycling in Agro-ecosystems | 2006 | Ouattara, B., Ouattara, K., Serpantié, G., Mando, A., Sédogo, M., and Bationo, A. |
Fallowing over various time periods | Carbon, biodiversity | Biological | Tree and shrub structure, floristic species richness, diversity, stem density, biomass | Tobacco | Tanzania | African Journal of Ecology | 2005 | Mangora, M. M. |