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Assessment of Soil Functions Affected by Soil Management

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Soil plays a central role in the functioning of terrestrial systems. This role is at risk given the enormous loss of soil through desertification and degradation amounting to 12 million hectares per year [1].

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Acknowledgements

The authors are affiliated to the BonaRes Centre for Soil Research funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of the funding measure “Soil as a Sustainable Resource for the Bioeconomy—BonaRes”, project “BonaRes (Module B): BonaRes Centre for Soil Research” (grant 031A608).

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  1. Department of Soil System Science, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Halle, Germany

    Hans-Jörg Vogel, Ute Wollschläger & Uwe Franko

  2. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

    Katharina Helming & Uwe Heinrich

  3. Institute of Socio-Economics, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

    Matthias Willms

  4. Department of Ecology, Center of Life Science, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany

    Martin Wiesmeier

  5. Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Frankfurt, Germany

    David Russell

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  1. Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

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  2. Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

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Vogel, HJ. et al. (2019). Assessment of Soil Functions Affected by Soil Management. In: Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R., Baessler, C. (eds) Atlas of Ecosystem Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96229-0_13

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