Seminar 13 Mar 2013 - Session 2 - Tree Functional Attributes_ by DHarja & JOrdonez

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Forest, Trees and Agroforestry - Component 3: Landscape Management

The right tree in the right place for a clear reason is a nice slogan, but requires data that are not easily available. Functional diversity refers to the value, range, and relative abundance of functional characteristics (traits, in an ecological sense) in a given ecosystem. Functional diversity approaches are considered a powerful tool to quantify plant responses to environmental gradients and plant mediated effects of ecosystem processes. For instance they can improve our understanding of the relationship between tree diversity and ecosystem functioning. This is a research field that develops fast and global datasets of traits are available, particularly for natural ecosystems. In human intervened ecosystems such information is more limited but farmers/land managers are well aware of plant functions that include the use of products as well as provision of ecosystem services. Here we will present a list of attributes related to key ecosystems services, as identified from scientific knowledge and farmer perspectives, as well as databases available. Finally some brief examples of how these attributes can be used to assess ecosystem services will be presented.

Tree functional attributes in
relation to ecosystem services
Degi Harja, Jenny Ordonez, Meine
van Noordwijk

Ecosystem Services:
• Provisioning (the production of food, water, etc)
• Regulating (the control of climate, disease, etc)
• Supporting (nutrient cycles, crop pollination, etc)
• Cultural (spiritual and recreational benefits, etc)

Land cover, functional diversity and
ecosystem services
Environmental conditions
Climate
Soils
Pests / Diseases

Land cover

Ecosystem Services
Food, materials,
Vegetation distribution Ecological processes:
medicines
Production
Soil fertility
Nutrient cycles
Climate regulation
Water cycles
Connectivity
Functional Trophic transfers
Recreation, culture,
Diversity religion
(vegetation attributes)

Actors
Strategies and
means

Specific examples of relating tree
attributes to ecosystem processes

Species ID Biodiversity
Quantifying
Tree Height and Site Productivity
Wood Density Modeling Carbon Sequestration
Litter fall rate Complex Nutrient Cycles
Root Function Interactions Soil health
Rain Interception Water cycles

Requirements
Tree Functional Tree FUNATIC Database
Attributes Library
Scenarios

Modeling WaNuLCAS, SExI-FS, GenRiver

Ecosystem Ecological Dynamic
Services Value

Database Climatic Tree FUNATIC Land cover,
zonation connectivity
Scheme Map
Floristic &
Suitability
Carbon eco-regions
stock
Ecological Growth Map
Mesoclimate
range parameters coordinates

Tree Soil &
Properties Species ID Plot ID
inventory land form

Use & utility, Products Growth & Watershed
ethnobotany & markets yield models functions

Taxonomy, Common Botanical Digital Functional
synonyms names description herbarium diversity
indicators,
Pollination, Wood Allometric Leaf ecolabelling
dispersal density relations morphotype Species criteria
identifica-
*Tree Functional attributes and Ecological Database tion tools

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Seminar 13 Mar 2013 - Session 2 - Tree Functional Attributes_ by DHarja & JOrdonez

1. Tree functional attributes in relation to ecosystem services Degi Harja, Jenny Ordonez, Meine van Noordwijk

2. Ecosystem Services: • Provisioning (the production of food, water, etc) • Regulating (the control of climate, disease, etc) • Supporting (nutrient cycles, crop pollination, etc) • Cultural (spiritual and recreational benefits, etc)

3. Land cover, functional diversity and ecosystem services Environmental conditions Climate Soils Pests / Diseases Land cover Ecosystem Services Food, materials, Vegetation distribution Ecological processes: medicines Production Soil fertility Nutrient cycles Climate regulation Water cycles Connectivity Functional Trophic transfers Recreation, culture, Diversity religion (vegetation attributes) Actors Strategies and means

4. Specific examples of relating tree attributes to ecosystem processes Species ID Biodiversity Quantifying Tree Height and Site Productivity Wood Density Modeling Carbon Sequestration Litter fall rate Complex Nutrient Cycles Root Function Interactions Soil health Rain Interception Water cycles

5. Requirements Tree Functional Tree FUNATIC Database Attributes Library Scenarios Modeling WaNuLCAS, SExI-FS, GenRiver Ecosystem Ecological Dynamic Services Value

6. Database Climatic Tree FUNATIC Land cover, zonation connectivity Scheme Map Floristic & Suitability Carbon eco-regions stock Ecological Growth Map Mesoclimate range parameters coordinates Tree Soil & Properties Species ID Plot ID inventory land form Use & utility, Products Growth & Watershed ethnobotany & markets yield models functions Taxonomy, Common Botanical Digital Functional synonyms names description herbarium diversity indicators, Pollination, Wood Allometric Leaf ecolabelling dispersal density relations morphotype Species criteria identifica- *Tree Functional attributes and Ecological Database tion tools

7. Modeling WaNuLCAS SExI-FS GenRiver

8. Thank You

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