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Tradeoffs and synergies in wetland multifunctionality : A scaling issue

Hambäck, P. A. ; Dawson, L. ; Geranmayeh, P. ; Jarsjö, J. ; Kačergytė, I. ; Peacock, M. ; Collentine, D. ; Destouni, G. ; Futter, M. and Hugelius, G. , et al. (2023) In Science of the Total Environment 862.
Abstract

Wetland area in agricultural landscapes has been heavily reduced to gain land for crop production, but in recent years there is increased societal recognition of the negative consequences from wetland loss on nutrient retention, biodiversity and a range of other benefits to humans. The current trend is therefore to re-establish wetlands, often with an aim to achieve the simultaneous delivery of multiple ecosystem services, i.e., multifunctionality. Here we review the literature on key objectives used to motivate wetland re-establishment in temperate agricultural landscapes (provision of flow regulation, nutrient retention, climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation and cultural ecosystem services), and their relationships to... (More)

Wetland area in agricultural landscapes has been heavily reduced to gain land for crop production, but in recent years there is increased societal recognition of the negative consequences from wetland loss on nutrient retention, biodiversity and a range of other benefits to humans. The current trend is therefore to re-establish wetlands, often with an aim to achieve the simultaneous delivery of multiple ecosystem services, i.e., multifunctionality. Here we review the literature on key objectives used to motivate wetland re-establishment in temperate agricultural landscapes (provision of flow regulation, nutrient retention, climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation and cultural ecosystem services), and their relationships to environmental properties, in order to identify potential for tradeoffs and synergies concerning the development of multifunctional wetlands. Through this process, we find that there is a need for a change in scale from a focus on single wetlands to wetlandscapes (multiple neighboring wetlands including their catchments and surrounding landscape features) if multiple societal and environmental goals are to be achieved. Finally, we discuss the key factors to be considered when planning for re-establishment of wetlands that can support achievement of a wide range of objectives at the landscape scale.

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Biodiversity conservation, Climate mitigation, Cultural services, Ecohydrology, Ecosystem services, Wetlandscapes
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Science of the Total Environment
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862
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160746
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:85144074450
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0048-9697
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10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160746
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  author       = {{Hambäck, P. A. and Dawson, L. and Geranmayeh, P. and Jarsjö, J. and Kačergytė, I. and Peacock, M. and Collentine, D. and Destouni, G. and Futter, M. and Hugelius, G. and Hedman, S. and Jonsson, S. and Klatt, B. K. and Lindström, A. and Nilsson, J. E. and Pärt, T. and Schneider, L. D. and Strand, J. A. and Urrutia-Cordero, P. and Åhlén, D. and Åhlén, I. and Blicharska, M.}},
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  keywords     = {{Biodiversity conservation; Climate mitigation; Cultural services; Ecohydrology; Ecosystem services; Wetlandscapes}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Science of the Total Environment}},
  title        = {{Tradeoffs and synergies in wetland multifunctionality : A scaling issue}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160746}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160746}},
  volume       = {{862}},
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