TY - JOUR
T1 - An Overview of Permanent Grassland Grazing Management Practices and the Impacts on Principal Soil Quality Indicators
AU - Milazzo, Filippo
AU - Francksen, Richard M.
AU - Abdalla, Mohamed
AU - Ravetto Enri, Simone
AU - Zavattaro, Laura
AU - Pittarello, Marco
AU - Hejduk, Stanislav
AU - Newell-Price, Paul
AU - Schils, René L.M.
AU - Smith, Pete
AU - Vanwalleghem, Tom
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - Grasslands are at risk of degradation due to unsustainable management practices and climate change. Here, we review the principal soil quality indicators (SQIs) to evaluate the sustainability of different grassland management practices globally. We discuss the importance of SQI assessment and the Soil Quality Minimum Dataset (MDS) specifically in the context of grasslands. We then review two potential solutions, the first of which is adopting grazing management, whereby sustainable grazing management plans (GMPs) offer great potential. The other solution is the development and adoption of novel grassland species, which may improve either drought resistance or infiltration rates, erosion and flooding. Sustainable grassland soil management can promote ecosystem service delivery and improve the resilience of the entire grassland ecosystem to anthropogenic change.
AB - Grasslands are at risk of degradation due to unsustainable management practices and climate change. Here, we review the principal soil quality indicators (SQIs) to evaluate the sustainability of different grassland management practices globally. We discuss the importance of SQI assessment and the Soil Quality Minimum Dataset (MDS) specifically in the context of grasslands. We then review two potential solutions, the first of which is adopting grazing management, whereby sustainable grazing management plans (GMPs) offer great potential. The other solution is the development and adoption of novel grassland species, which may improve either drought resistance or infiltration rates, erosion and flooding. Sustainable grassland soil management can promote ecosystem service delivery and improve the resilience of the entire grassland ecosystem to anthropogenic change.
KW - ecosystem services
KW - grazing management
KW - management practices
KW - permanent grasslands
KW - soil quality indicators
U2 - 10.3390/agronomy13051366
DO - 10.3390/agronomy13051366
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85160424741
SN - 2073-4395
VL - 13
JO - Agronomy
JF - Agronomy
IS - 5
M1 - 1366
ER -
