. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 18.

Published in final edited form as: Ecosyst Serv. 2017 Jun 26;26(Pt A):79–94. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.06.008

Table 3.

Mean ecosystem service values per hectare for different land-use/cover types. The displayed ecosystem service values for forest and cropland were integrated into our analysis, with values for grassland presented only for comparison.

Ecosystem service	Unit	Grassland (intensive)	Grassland (extensive)	Cropland	Young forest	Mature forest	References
Soil fertility	NH₄ (kg.ha⁻¹)	0.41	0.28	0.29	0.29	0.29	Based on Mantl (2013)
Water quality	NO₃ (kg.ha⁻¹)	9.86	6.72	7.04	6.98	6.98
Carbon storage	C (kg.ha⁻¹)	7.24	11.13	8.38	31.00	44.80	Adapted from Tappeiner et al. (2008)
Aesthetic value	Index	6.43	7.03	4.59	7.09	6.06	Schirpke et al. (2016)