Ecosystem services in grassland associated with biotic and abiotic soil parameters
Open accessAbstract
Biotic soil parameters have so far seldom played a role in practical soil assessment and management of grasslands. However, the ongoing reduction of external inputs in agriculture would imply an increasing reliance on ecosystem self-regulating processes. Since soil biota play an important role in these processes and in the provision of ecosystem services, biological soil parameters should be an integral part of soil assessment. The general objective of the current study is to investigate to what extent biotic soil parameters provide additional value in soil quality assessment of grassland on sandy soils. We measured abiotic and biotic soil parameters together with process parameters underlying ecosystem services in 20 permanent production grasslands. Cross-validated stepwise regression was used to identify abiotic and biotic soil parameters that explained the soil ecosystem services soil structure maintenance, water regulation, supply of nutrients, and grassland production, respectively.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Self-check
Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
The text we found for this paper looks like another document, so the self-check wasn’t run.
Cites
Keeney, D. R., & Nelson, D. W. (1982) · Agronomy monograph/Agronomy · doi:10.2134/agronmonogr9.2.2ed.c33 · Cited by 4,550 · see citing works
Soil Fertility and Biodiversity in Organic Farming
Maeder, P., Fließbach, A., Dubois, D., Gunst, L., Fried, P. M., & Niggli, U. A. (2002) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1071148 · Cited by 2,946 · see citing works
The effects of biocidal treatments on metabolism in soil—V
Jenkinson, D. S., & Powlson, D. S. (1976) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/0038-0717(76)90005-5 · Cited by 2,656 · see citing works
Bongers, T. (1990) · Oecologia · doi:10.1007/bf00324627 · Cited by 2,185 · see citing works
Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual
Microbioly, N. S. I. (1996) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-009-0215-2 · Cited by 1,697 · see citing works
Methods for Assessing Soil Quality
(1997) · SSSA special publication series · doi:10.2136/sssaspecpub49 · Cited by 1,575 · see citing works
Soil organic matter, biota and aggregation in temperate and tropical soils - Effects of no-tillage
Six, J., Feller, C. L., Denef, K., Ogle, S. M., Moraes, J. C. D., & Albrecht, A. (2002) · Agronomie · doi:10.1051/agro:2002043 · Cited by 1,428 · see citing works
Ingham, R. E., Trofymow, J. A., Ingham, E. R., & Coleman, D. C. (1985) · Ecological Monographs · doi:10.2307/1942528 · Cited by 1,171 · see citing works
Soil health in agricultural systems
Kibblewhite, M., Ritz, K., & Swift, M. J. (2007) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2178 · Cited by 1,169 · see citing works
LOSS‐ON‐IGNITION AS AN ESTIMATE OF ORGANIC MATTER AND ORGANIC CARBON IN NON‐CALCAREOUS SOILS
BALL, D. F. (1964) · Journal of Soil Science · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2389.1964.tb00247.x · Cited by 1,166 · see citing works
Ghani, A., Dexter, M. M., & Perrott, K. W. (2003) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(03)00186-x · Cited by 1,096 · see citing works
Haynes, R. J. (2005) · Advances in Agronomy · doi:10.1016/s0065-2113(04)85005-3 · Cited by 1,010 · see citing works
Soil biodiversity for agricultural sustainability
Brussaard, L., de Ruiter, P. C., & Brown, G. G. (2007) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/j.agee.2006.12.013 · Cited by 965 · see citing works
Self-citationMolecular Microbial Ecology Manual
Kowalchuk, G. A., de Bruijn, F. J., Head, I. M., Akkermans, A. D. L., & van, E. J. (2004) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-2177-0 · Cited by 808 · see citing works
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes—are we asking the right questions?
Swift, M. J., Izac, A. M. N., & van Noordwijk, M. (2004) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/j.agee.2004.01.013 · Cited by 782 · see citing works
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soil
Brussaard, L., Behan-Pelletier, V. M., Bignell, D. E., BROWN, V. K., Didden, W. A. M., Folgarait, P. J., Fragoso, C., Freckman, D. W., Gupta, V. V. S. R., Hattori, T., et al. (1997) · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · Cited by 616 · see citing works
Self-citationEarthworm Ecology: From Darwin to Vermiculture.
Piearce, T. G., & Satchell, J. E. (1984) · Journal of Applied Ecology · doi:10.2307/2405080 · Cited by 565 · see citing works
Fungal/bacterial ratios in grasslands with contrasting nitrogen management
de Vries, F. T., Hoffland, E., van Eekeren, N. J. M., Brussaard, L., & Bloem, J. (2006) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.01.008 · Cited by 555 · see citing works
Self-citationSingh, Y., Sıngh, B., & Timsina, J. (2005) · Advances in agronomy · doi:10.1016/s0065-2113(04)85006-5 · Cited by 483 · see citing works
Stabilization of soil aggregates by the root systems of ryegrass
Tisdall, J., & Oades, J. (1979) · Soil Research · doi:10.1071/sr9790429 · Cited by 483 · see citing works
How do earthworms affect microfloral and faunal community diversity?
Brown, G. G. (1995) · Plant and Soil · doi:10.1007/bf02183068 · Cited by 412 · see citing works
How do earthworms affect microfloral and faunal community diversity?
Brown, G. G. (1995) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-0479-1_22 · Cited by 383 · see citing works
Ecology of terrestrial Enchytraeidae
Didden, W. A. M. (1993) · Pedobiologia · doi:10.1016/s0031-4056(24)00082-9 · Cited by 355 · see citing works
Methods for assessing soil quality
(1997) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.35-0265 · Cited by 338 · see citing works
Ritz, K., Black, H. I. J., Campbell, C. D., Harris, J. A., & Wood, C. (2009) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.02.009 · Cited by 326 · see citing works
Microbiological methods for assessing soil quality
Bloem, J., HOPKINS, D. W., & Benedetti, A. (2005) · CABI Publishing eBooks · doi:10.1079/9780851990989.0000 · Cited by 305 · see citing works
Self-citationBardgett, R. D., & Chan, K. F. (1999) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(99)00014-0 · Cited by 283 · see citing works
Bloem, J., Veninga, M., & Shepherd, J. (1995) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.61.3.926-936.1995 · Cited by 256 · see citing works
Self-citationSources of C and N contributing to the flush in mineralization upon freeze–thaw cycles in soils
Herrmann, A. M., & Witter, E. (2002) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(02)00121-9 · Cited by 250 · see citing works
Calculation of nitrogen mineralization in soil food webs
de Ruiter, P. C., van Veen, J. A., Moore, J. C., Brussaard, L., & Hunt, H. W. (1993) · Plant and Soil · doi:10.1007/bf00011055 · Cited by 248 · see citing works
Self-citationFranzluebbers, A. J. (1999) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(99)00022-x · Cited by 227 · see citing works
Soil acidity, ecological stoichiometry and allometric scaling in grassland food webs
Mulder, C., & Elser, J. J. (2009) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01899.x · Cited by 211 · see citing works
Effects of introduced earthworms on the productivity of New Zealand pastures
Stockdill, S. M. J. (1982) · Pedobiologia · doi:10.1016/s0031-4056(23)05863-8 · Cited by 201 · see citing works
van Eekeren, N. J. M., Bommelé, L., Bloem, J., et al. (2008) · Applied Soil Ecology · doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.06.010 · Cited by 186 · see citing works
Self-citationActive fractions of organic matter in soils with different texture
Franzluebbers, A. J., Haney, R. L., Hons, F. M., et al. (1996) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(96)00143-5 · Cited by 184 · see citing works
Patrick, W. H., & Reddy, K. R. (1976) · Journal of Environmental Quality · doi:10.2134/jeq1976.00472425000500040032x · Cited by 174 · see citing works
Enchytraeids as Indicator Organisms for Chemical Stress in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Didden, W. A. M., & Römbke, J. (2001) · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · doi:10.1006/eesa.2001.2075 · Cited by 173 · see citing works
Biological measurements in a nationwide soil monitoring network
Rutgers, M., Schouten, A. J., Bloem, J., Van Eekeren, N., De Goede, R. G. M., Jagersop Akkerhuis, G. A. J. M., Van der Wal, A., Mulder, C., Brussaard, L., & Breure, A. M. (2009) · European Journal of Soil Science · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01163.x · Cited by 168 · see citing works
Self-citationEarthworm species composition affects the soil bacterial community and net nitrogen mineralization
Postma-Blaauw, M. B., Bloem, J., Faber, J. H., et al. (2006) · Pedobiologia · doi:10.1016/j.pedobi.2006.02.001 · Cited by 154 · see citing works
Self-citationPerformance of soil condition indicators across taxonomic groups and land uses
Schipper, L. A., & Sparling, G. P. (2000) · Soil Science Society of America Journal · doi:10.2136/sssaj2000.641300x · Cited by 144 · see citing works
Parfitt, R., Yeates, G. W., Ross, D. J., et al. (2004) · Applied Soil Ecology · doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.07.001 · Cited by 143 · see citing works
Proposed changes of c-p classification for nematodes.
Bongers, T., de Goede, R. G. M., Korthals, G. W., et al. (1995) · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · Cited by 138 · see citing works
Joschko, M., Diestel, H., & Larink, O. (1989) · Biology and Fertility of Soils · doi:10.1007/bf00266478 · Cited by 135 · see citing works
Haney, R. L., Brinton, W. F., & Evans, E. (2008) · Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis · doi:10.1080/00103620802358862 · Cited by 130 · see citing works
Fluorescent staining of microbes for total direct counts
Bloem, J. (1995) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-011-0351-0_25 · Cited by 124 · see citing works
Self-citationBloem, J., Lebbink, G., Zwart, K. B., et al. (1994) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/0167-8809(94)90039-6 · Cited by 111 · see citing works
Self-citationEarthworms, water infiltration and soil stability: Some new assessments
Bouché, M. B., & Al-Addan, F. (1997) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(96)00272-6 · Cited by 110 · see citing works
Enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta) enhance mineralization of carbon in organic upland soils
Cole, L. J., Bardgett, R. D., & Ineson, P. (2000) · European Journal of Soil Science · doi:10.1046/j.1365-2389.2000.00297.x · Cited by 108 · see citing works
Monaco, S., Hatch, D. J., Sacco, D., et al. (2007) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.09.015 · Cited by 94 · see citing works
A rapid procedure for estimating nitrogen mineralization in manured soil
Haney, R. L., Hons, F. M., Sanderson, M. A., et al. (2001) · Biology and Fertility of Soils · doi:10.1007/s003740000294 · Cited by 93 · see citing works
Didden, W. A. M., Marinissen, J. C. Y., Vreeken-Buijs, M. J., et al. (1994) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/0167-8809(94)90042-6 · Cited by 91 · see citing works
van Eekeren, N. J. M., van Liere, D. W., de Vries, F. T., Rutgers, M., de Goede, R. G. M., & Brussaard, L. (2009) · Applied Soil Ecology · doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.04.006 · Cited by 89 · see citing works
Self-citationMonitoring and evaluating soil quality.
Bloem, J., Schouten, A. J., Sørensen, S. J., Rutgers, M., van der Werf, A., & Breure, A. M. (2005) · CABI Publishing eBooks · doi:10.1079/9780851990989.0023 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
Self-citationINTERACTIONS OF EARTHWORMS WITH SOIL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS INFLUENCING PLANT GROWTH
Logsdon, S. D., & Linden, D. R. (1992) · Soil Science · doi:10.1097/00010694-199210000-00009 · Cited by 80 · see citing works
Cole, L. J., Bardgett, R. D., Ineson, P., & Hobbs, P. J. (2002) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(01)00159-6 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
van Eekeren, N. J. M., de Boer, H. C., Bloem, J., Schouten, T., Rutgers, M., de Goede, R. G. M., & Brussaard, L. (2009) · Biology and Fertility of Soils · doi:10.1007/s00374-009-0370-2 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
Self-citationThe influence of management practises on the microarthropod community of grassland
Siepel, H., & van de Bund, C. F. (1988) · Pedobiologia · doi:10.1016/s0031-4056(23)02273-4 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
Consequences of Earthworms in Agricultural Soils: Aggregation and Porosity
Edwards, C. A. (1997) · CRC Press eBooks · doi:10.1201/9781482285246-15 · Cited by 78 · see citing works
Monitoring of soil organisms: a set of standardized field methods proposed by ISO
Römbke, J., Sousa, J. P., Schouten, T., & Riepert, F. (2006) · European Journal of Soil Biology · doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.07.016 · Cited by 77 · see citing works
Self-citationClements, R. O., Murray, P. J., & Sturdy, R. G. (1991) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/0167-8809(91)90037-x · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Dissimilar response of plant and soil biota communities to long-term nutrient addition in grasslands
van der Wal, A., Geerts, R. H. E. M., Korevaar, H., Schouten, A. J., Akkerhuis, G. A. J. M. J. O., Rutgers, M., & Mulder, C. (2009) · Biology and Fertility of Soils · doi:10.1007/s00374-009-0371-1 · Cited by 73 · see citing works
Driving forces from soil invertebrates to ecosystem functioning: the allometric perspective
Mulder, C. (2006) · Die Naturwissenschaften · doi:10.1007/s00114-006-0130-1 · Cited by 71 · see citing works
Baker, G. H. (1998) · Applied Soil Ecology · doi:10.1016/s0929-1393(98)00081-x · Cited by 65 · see citing works
Studies on body-volum e,bod v?surface area, density and live weight of Enchytraeidae Oligochaeta).)
Abrahamsen, G. (1973) · Pedobiologia · doi:10.1016/s0031-4056(23)02073-5 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Mikola, J., Yeates, G. W., Wardle, D. A., Barker, G. M., & Bonner, K. I. (2001) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/s0038-0717(00)00131-0 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
An Analysis of Annual Variation of the Nematode Fauna in Dune Sand, at Himatangi Beach, New Zealand
Yeates, G. W. (1968) · Pedobiologia · doi:10.1016/s0031-4056(23)00322-0 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
Plant availability of phosphorus in superphosphate and a phosphate rock as influenced by earthworms
Mackay, A. D., Syers, J. K., Springett, J. A., et al. (1982) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/0038-0717(82)90038-4 · Cited by 55 · see citing works
Soil tests to predict optimum fertilizer nitrogen rate for rice
Russell, C. A., Dunn, B. W., Batten, G., et al. (2005) · Field Crops Research · doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2005.10.007 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Michel, P. H., & Bloem, J. (1993) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/0038-0717(93)90097-u · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Self-citationCurtin, D., & McCallum, F. M. (2004) · Soil Research · doi:10.1071/sr03158 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
Organic matter dynamics and N mineralization in grassland soils
Hassink, J. (1995) · doi:10.18174/206831 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Canali, S., & Benedetti, A. (2009) · CABI eBooks · doi:10.1079/9780851990989.0127 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Allometry, biocomplexity, and web topology of hundred agro-environments in The Netherlands
Mulder, C., den Hollander, H., Schouten, T., & Rutgers, M. (2006) · Ecological Complexity · doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2006.05.004 · Cited by 33 · see citing works
Self-citationThe role of bacterial feeding nematodes and protozoa in rhizosphere nutrient cycling.
Griffiths, B. S. (1989) · Aspects of applied biology · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Thymidine and leucine incorporation to assess bacterial growth rate.
Bloem, J., & Bolhuis, P. R. (2009) · CABI eBooks · doi:10.1079/9780851990989.0142 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Self-citationHaria, A. H., McGrath, S. P., Moore, J. P., et al. (1998) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/s0048-9697(98)00126-0 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Vreeken-Buijs, M. J., Geurs, M., de Ruiter, P. C., et al. (1997) · Pedobiologia · doi:10.1016/s0031-4056(24)00318-4 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Substrate utilization in BiologTM plates for analysis of CLPP.
Rutgers, M., Breure, A. M., & Insam, H. (2009) · CABI eBooks · doi:10.1079/9780851990989.0212 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Hassink, J. (1995) · Plant and Soil · doi:10.1007/bf00011351 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
Management and nitrogen utilisation of grassland on intensive dairy farms
Vellinga, T. V. (2006) · doi:10.18174/121768 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
Voorspellen van het stikstofleverend vermogen van graslandgronden
Hassink, J. (1995) · Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling · Cited by 5 · see citing works
Smeding, F. W., van Eekeren, N. J. M., & Schouten, A. J. (2005) · Organic Eprints (International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems, and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture) · Cited by 2 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Soil quality – A critical review
Bünemann, E. K., Bongiorno, G., Bai, Z., Creamer, R. E., De Deyn, G., de Goede, R., Fleskens, L., Geissen, V., Kuyper, T. W., Mäder, P., et al. (2018) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.01.030 · Cited by 2,960 · see citing works
Self-citationSoil “ecosystem” services and natural capital: critical appraisal of research on uncertain ground
Baveye, P. C., Baveye, J., & Gowdy, J. (2016) · Frontiers in Environmental Science · doi:10.3389/fenvs.2016.00041 · Cited by 446 · see citing works
Rutgers, M., van Wijnen, H. J., Schouten, A. J., Mulder, C., Kuiten, A. M. P., Brussaard, L., & Breure, A. M. (2012) · Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.041 · Cited by 129 · see citing works
Self-citation
- Authors
- van Eekeren, N., de Boer, H., Hanegraaf, M., Bokhorst, J., Nierop, D., Bloem, J., Schouten, T., de Goede, R., & Brussaard, L.
- Affiliations
- Louis Bolk Instituut (NL)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- Venue
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-09
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1491-1504
- ISSN
- 0038-0717 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2103743526
- Cited by
- 142
- References
- 82
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 10.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- Rivm Repository (Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Keywords
- ecosystem services, grassland soils, soil quality assessment, sandy soil, soil organic matter, soil nitrogen supply capacity, earthworms, Enchytraeidae, water regulation, nutrient supply, soil bulk density, penetration resistance, soil moisture, soil total nitrogen, soil carbon mineralization, grassland production
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
