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. 2018 Mar 4;55(5):2484–2495. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13124

Table 1.

Summary of the ecosystem services (ES) (according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005) and biodiversity datasets extracted from 74 included studies

ES category/biodiversity ES type/biodiversity Subset (number of datasets included) Variable
Biodiversity Biodiversity Flora (6) Plant species richness
Fauna (18) Earthworm species richness
Spider species richness and abundance
Beetle species richness and abundance
Grasshopper species richness
Insect pollinator species richness and abundance (bees, butterflies)
Bird species richness
Provisioning Grape quality and quantity Grape quantity (23) Grape yield
Grape quality (22) Must quality (sugar content, titratable acidity, yeast assimilable nitrogen)
Regulating Erosion protection Soil loss (9) Soil loss
Erosion‐related soil parameters (8) Water retention
Topsoil penetration resistance
Aggregate stability
Saturated hydraulic conductivity
Carbon sequestration Soil carbon (19) Soil carbon content
Pollination Pollination (2) Flower visitations
Seeds per plant
Pest control Natural enemy‐related parameters (21) Abundance of potential natural enemies
Percentage of parasitism and predation
Pest‐related parameters (13) Pest abundance
Damage per vine and plot
Soil water balance Soil water balance (6) Water stress integral, water loss, volumetric soil water content
Supporting Soil fertility Soil biota (17) Soil fauna abundance (nematodes, earthworms, springtails, Oribatida, invertebrates) and biological quality indicator
Arbuscular mycorrhiza abundance (fungal spores and colonisation)
Nutrient cycling processes (17) Soil fauna feeding activity
Soil microbial biomass
Soil microbial respiration and activity
Soil macronutrient content and availability