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Meta-analysis – Global Dataset of Soil Condition and Invertebrate Assemblages After Ecological Restoration in Agricultural Landscapes 

Ver: 1.0
Status of Data: completed
Update Frequency: notPlanned
Security Classification: unclassified
Record Last Modified: 2025-12-02
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Dataset Created: 2020-02-05
Dataset Published: 2020-05-22
Data can be accessed from the following links:
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How to cite this collection:
Parkhurst, T. (2020). Meta-analysis – Global Dataset of Soil Condition and Invertebrate Assemblages After Ecological Restoration in Agricultural Landscapes. Version 1.0. Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network. Dataset. https://dx.doi.org/10.25901/5ec780530b43f 
  • 1. Restoration of degraded landscapes has become increasingly important for conservation of species and their habitats owing to habitat destruction and rapid environmental change. An increasing focus for restoration activity are old-fields as agricultural land abandonment has expanded in the developed world. Studies examining outcomes of ecological restoration predominantly focus on vegetation structure and plant diversity, and sometimes vertebrate fauna. Fewer studies have systematically investigated effects of restoration efforts on soil chemical and biophysical condition or ground-dwelling invertebrates and there is limited synthesis of these data.
  • 2. This dataset comprised data for a global meta-analysis of published studies to assess the effects on soil properties and invertebrates of restoring land that was previously used for agriculture. Studies were included if the site had been either cropped or grazed, restoration was either active (planting) or passive (abandonment, fencing) and if adequate data on soil chemical or physical properties or invertebrate assemblages were reported for restored, control (cropped/grazed) or reference sites.
  • 3. The dataset includes 42 studies, published between 1994 and 2019 that met the inclusion criteria, covering 16 countries across all continents. More studies assessed passive restoration approaches than active planting, and native species were more commonly planted than exotic species.
 
Credit
We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. 
Purpose
To assess the effects on soil properties and invertebrates of restoring land that was previously used for agriculture, based on review of published studies. 
Lineage
Relevant literature published between 1970 and 2019 was identified on 31/01/2019 using Systematic Review criteria - see Methods. 
Method DocumentationData not provided.
Procedure Steps

1. 

Systematic Review Method: Relevant literature published between 1970 and 2019 was searched using keyword and topic search in the SCOPUS database using the following term combinations “KEY (restoration OR old-fields OR plantation) AND (TITLE (soils OR reforest* OR planting OR reveg* OR regen* OR sow* OR seed* OR oldfield OR "old fields" OR old-field OR pasture OR cropland OR abandon* OR paddock OR marginal OR unviable OR unproduct* OR woodland OR forest OR farmland))” on 31/01/2019. Studies from non-English literature and subject areas other than environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences were excluded. This search resulted in 10,292 papers. Titles and abstracts of these papers were assessed to identify studies that met the inclusion criteria. If the title and abstract did not provide sufficient details, papers were read in full (n=271). 

Dataset based on global literature.
Temporal Coverage
From 2019-01-30 to 2019-01-31 
Spatial Resolution

Data not provided.

Vertical Extent

Data not provided.

ANZSRC - FOR
Forest biodiversity
Invertebrate biology
Pedology and pedometrics
GCMD Sciences
AGRICULTURE - NITROGEN
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION - ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES
LAND SURFACE - PHOSPHORUS
LAND SURFACE - RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION
LAND SURFACE - SOIL BULK DENSITY
LAND SURFACE - SOILS
Horizontal Resolution
> 1000 km or > 10 degrees
Parameters
invertebrate occurrence
Temporal Resolution
Seasonal
Topic
biota
environment
User Defined
active restoration
ground-dwelling invertebrates
land abandonment
old-field restoration
passive restoration
soil condition
Author
Parkhurst, Tina
Contact Point
Parkhurst, Tina
Publisher
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
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