Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in  dryland ecosystems

Costantini, Edoardo A. C.; Branquinho, Cristina; Nunes, Alice; Schwilch, Gudrun; Stavi, Ilan; Valdecantos, Alejandro; Zucca, Claudio

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-397-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-397-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-397-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

Review article

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10 Mar 2016

Review article |

| 10 Mar 2016

Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems

Edoardo A. C. Costantini, Cristina Branquinho, Alice Nunes, Gudrun Schwilch, Ilan Stavi, Alejandro Valdecantos, and Claudio Zucca

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Final revised paper (published on 10 Mar 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 08 Dec 2015)

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RC C1774: 'Review - Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2016
- AC C1884: 'rebuts to the referee', Edoardo Costantini, 18 Jan 2016
RC C1782: 'Manuscript N°: se-2015-125; review article', Carmelo Dazzi, 06 Jan 2016
- AC C1885: 'rebuts to referee 2', Edoardo Costantini, 18 Jan 2016

Short summary

The success of restoration projects relies on a proper understanding of the relationships between soil, plants, hydrology, climate, and land management at different scales, which are particularly complex in drylands. Several soil indicators, which can be used to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales, are discussed from different viewpoints of pedology, ecology, hydrology, and land management.