Ecosystem services and disservices associated with pastoral systems from Patagonia, Argentina – A review

Agriculture et services écosystémiques dans les pays du Sud. Coordonnateurs : Georges Serpantié, Philippe Méral, Fano Andriamahefazafy, Jean-Christophe Castella, Malyne Neang

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Review

Table 1

Examples of reported negative, positive or null impacts of livestock systems on nutrient cycling.

Exemples d’impacts négatifs, positifs ou nuls des systèmes d’élevage sur le cycle des nutriments.

Variable	Negative impact	Positive impact	Null impact	References
C and N stock in green above ground biomass		grass-MG	shrub-UG, MD, OG	Oñatibia et al. (2015)
C and N stock in standing dead biomass	grass-OG		shrub-UG, MD, OG
C and N stock in litter	OG
C and N stock in roots			UG, MD, OG
total N, NH4+ and NO3−	OG			Enriquez et al. (2014)
C stock in roots + SOC (= total below ground C storage)			LG, MD, OG	Larreguy et al. (2014)
SOC	OG			Larreguy et al. (2014)
SOC			UG, MD, OG	Golluscio et al. (2009)
SON	OG
¹³C SOM	OG
¹⁵N SOM		UG
N and C mineralization	OG
SOC content	OG			Enriquez et al. (2015)
SOC stock	OG
Above and below ground biomass and C storage	OG
Organic matter decomposition		SVP		Bahamonde et al. (2012)
Litterfall	SVP
SOC	SVP-OG			Chillo et al. (2018)

LG, MG and OG: low, moderate and overgrazing; UG: ungrazed sites; SVP: sylvo-pastoral system; SOC: soil organic carbon; SON: soil organic nitrogen; SOM: soil organic matter.

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