Connecting forest soil properties with ecosystem services: Toward a better use of digital soil maps—A review

abstract: “The soil supports many ecosystem services (ES) essential to human well‐being. Rapid developments in digital soil mapping (DSM) allow the mapping of soil types and soil properties with improved resolution and accuracy. However, the potential of DSM to improve the assessment and mapping of ES is not fully exploited. To better understand this potential, we synthesized the peer‐reviewed literature. We examined what empirical studies reveal about the role of soil properties in the assessment of four major ES provided by the forest: (I) timber production, (II) soil carbon storage, (III) regulation of water flow and provision of clean water, and (IV) the soil as a habitat for organisms. Results revealed that soil properties are strongly related to the provision of ES. Therefore, using DSM could greatly improve the assessment of the ES provided by forests. Several variables were related to specific ES regardless of region or …” authors:

• David Paré
• Fidèle Bognounou
• E_Emilson
• Jérôme Laganière
• Jason Leach
• Nicolas Mansuy
• Christine Martineau
• Charlotte Norris
• L_Venier
• Kara Webster featured: false projects: [] publication: ‘Soil Science Society of America Journal’ publication_short: '' publication_types:
• “2” date: ‘2024-12-01T00:00:00Z’ publishDate: ‘2024-07-25’ title: ‘Connecting forest soil properties with ecosystem services: Toward a better use of digital soil maps—A review’ url_pdf: “https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/saj2.20705" url_source: “https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/saj2.20705"