Tradeoffs and synergies in wetland multifunctionality: A scaling issue

P. A. Hamback,L. Dawson, P. Geranmayeh,J. Jarsjo,I. Kacergyte,M. Peacock, D. Collentine,G. Destouni,M. Futter,G. Hugelius, S. Hedman,S. Jonsson,B. K. Klatt, A. Lindstrom, J. E. Nilsson,T. Part, L. D. Schneider,J. A. Strand, P. Urrutia-Cordero, D. Ahlen,I. ahlen, M. Blicharska

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT(2023)

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Abstract
Wetland area in agricultural landscapes has been heavily reduced to gain land for crop production, but in recent years there is increased societal recognition of the negative consequences from wetland loss on nutrient retention, biodiver-sity and a range of other benefits to humans. The current trend is therefore to re-establish wetlands, often with an aim to achieve the simultaneous delivery of multiple ecosystem services, i.e., multifunctionality. Here we review the liter-ature on key objectives used to motivate wetland re-establishment in temperate agricultural landscapes (provision of flow regulation, nutrient retention, climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation and cultural ecosystem services), and their relationships to environmental properties, in order to identify potential for tradeoffs and synergies concerning the development of multifunctional wetlands. Through this process, we find that there is a need for a change in scale from a focus on single wetlands to wetlandscapes (multiple neighboring wetlands including their catchments and surround-ing landscape features) if multiple societal and environmental goals are to be achieved. Finally, we discuss the key fac-tors to be considered when planning for re-establishment of wetlands that can support achievement of a wide range of objectives at the landscape scale.
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Ecosystem services,Wetlandscapes,Ecohydrology,Climate mitigation,Biodiversity conservation,Cultural services
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