<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Willaarts, Bárbara a.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Volk, Martin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aguilera, Pedro a.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Assessing the ecosystem services supplied by freshwater flows in Mediterranean agroecosystems</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agricultural Water Management</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">agroecosystems</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blue water</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GIS-based Hydrologic Modeling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Green water</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydrologic ecosystem services</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsevier B.V.</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">105</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21-31</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Water performs essential ecological functions in agroecosystems and supplies an array of hydrologic ecosystem services (HES). The nature and quantity of HES is intimately linked with the management of the territory, and the capacity of the different land uses to partition rainfall into green (evapotranspiration) and blue (runoff) freshwater ﬂows. This paper presents an innovative method to empirically assess the underlying relationship between the use and management of Mediterranean agroecosystems, their spatial pattern of green and blue freshwater ﬂow generation and the provision of HES. We test this approach in Sierra Norte de Sevilla, a characteristic Spanish agro-forestry system. To assess the hydrological functioning we used the spatially explicit hydrologic model BalanceMED. HES’ identiﬁ- cation and societal valuation was done through an expert panel. The hydrologic performance and the social values ascribed to the different services were combined to identify key provisioning areas or HES hotspots. Our results show that multifunctional agroecosystems, where agrarian and forestry activities co-exist, optimize the partition and use of freshwater ﬂows and supply the largest bundles of HES at a wide range of spatial scales. The often low proﬁtability of these extensive activities is prompting either the intensiﬁcation or the abandonment of many Mediterranean agro ecosystems. We discuss the trade-offs in HES associated with these land use trends, and we illustrate the potential options available for implementing payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes to pursue “win–win” management solutions.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Canteiro, Cátia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pinto-Cruz, Carla</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simões, M. Paula</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gazarini, Luíz</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conservation of Mediterranean oak woodlands: understorey dynamics under different shrub management</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agroforestry Systems</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">agroecosystems</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodiversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cistus salviifolius</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Regeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">shrub clearing</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s10457-011-9375-6</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">82</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">161 - 171</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The effect of experimental disturbances on the dynamics of a shrub community was studied on a ‘Montado’ ecosystem, in southern Portugal. The evolution of the community physiognomy, composition and diversity were monitored after shrub clearing followed by biomass removal, deposition on soil surface and incorporation with the soil, over a 9-year period. Maximum shrub density was recorded in the ﬁrst year after the disturbances, excepting in mulched plots which showed the greatest number of individuals 1 year later. The increment of shrub leaf biomass was very fast in the ﬁrst 3 years, whereas wood production was slower but occurred along the whole study period. At the end of the study, leaf and wood biomass was still signiﬁcantly lower than in the predisturbance situation. The variation pattern of leaf area index was similar to that of leaf biomass. The evolution of total plant cover and diversity was similar across treatments. The highest species richness and diversity were recorded 2 years after cutting, decreasing afterwards with the increasing dominance of shrubs. Thus it seems likely that, although a 9 year period is too short for these communities to reach steady equilibrium, they are very resistant and resilient to disturbances, as regeneration was fast and vegetation dynamics was not inﬂuenced by differences among treatments. We can conclude that shrub clearing promotes biodiversity and the time of permanence of shrub patches depends on the particular goal we want to achieve.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pereira, Marian</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodríguez, Alejandro</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conservation value of linear woody remnants for two forest carnivores in a Mediterranean agricultural landscape</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Applied Ecology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">agri-environmental schemes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">agroecosystems</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biodiversity conservation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connectivity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">farmland</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">genetta genetta</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">habitat selection</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">hedgerows</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herpestes ichneumon</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">landscape restoration</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01804.x</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">47</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">611 - 620</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1. The loss of biodiversity caused by agricultural expansion can be countered by adopting wildlifefriendly farming strategies and by expanding the network of nature reserves. The potential beneﬁts of agricultural extensiﬁcation, represented in Europe by agri-environmental schemes, still remain unclear. In particular, the eﬀectiveness of preserving linear woody vegetation to retain forest carnivores in farmland has received limited attention. We document the value of hedgerows and narrow strips of riparian forest for the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon and the common genet Genetta genetta. 2. In an agricultural mosaic of southern Spain containing 4Æ7% of woody vegetation, we tested hypotheses about the role of linear elements and three farmland types diﬀering in the amount, quality and structure of woody cover. We analysed the inﬂuence of linear elements on the placement and utilization of home ranges by combining compositional analysis and numerical methods. 3. Mongooses and genets strongly selected linear woody vegetation. All types of farmland, including open ﬁelds, dehesa (savanna-like pastureland or arable land rich in oak trees Quercus ilex and Q. suber) and olive Olea europaea groves, were avoided, suggesting that both species strictly depend upon native woody cover. 4. Most individuals made regular use of hedgerows and some individuals used hedgerows as the only source of woody cover in their home ranges. 5. The distribution of home ranges suggested that individuals made up a continuous, rather than discrete, population in a spatially structured habitat. An evenly distributed hedgerow network across the intervening agricultural matrix could prevent population fragmentation. 6. Synthesis and applications. A suitable network of linear cover allows some forest carnivores to survive in agricultural landscapes containing a low proportion (&lt;10%) of native woody vegetation. Length (&gt;0Æ5 km), width (4–10 m), quality (continuous native shrubs, scattered native trees, low levels of human disturbance), density (10–50 m ha )1 ) and a regular distribution of linear features are key elements in the conservation or restoration of agricultural landscapes where the preservation of small forest carnivores is an objective.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record></records></xml>