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@ARTICLE{Robinson:5926,
      author       = {Robinson, D.A. and Lebron, I. and Vereecken, H.},
      title        = {{O}n the {D}efinition of the {N}atural {C}apital of
                      {S}oils: {A} {F}ramework for {D}escription, {E}valutation,
                      and {M}onitoring},
      journal      = {Soil Science Society of America journal},
      volume       = {73},
      issn         = {0361-5995},
      address      = {Madison, Wis.},
      publisher    = {SSSA},
      reportid     = {PreJuSER-5926},
      pages        = {1904 - 1911},
      year         = {2009},
      note         = {The authors acknowledge the Don and Berry Kirkham fund for
                      supporting the Kirkham conference, allowing for the free
                      flow of ideas between researchers concerned with soils
                      research.},
      abstract     = {The unknown consequences and potential impacts of mankind's
                      ability to destroy, alter, or manipulate ecosystems on a
                      vast scale drives our need to better understand the earth
                      system. A fundamental challenge for soil science in the 21st
                      century is to understand the role of soil processes in
                      relation to the function of the earth system. The rationale
                      for developing a definition of sod natural capital stems
                      from the premise that we value 'things' based on their
                      perceived value to human well-being. As a consequence,
                      ignorance of the value of a resource, or system, may lead to
                      its neglect and omission from decision making. Therefore,
                      there is a need to develop a definition of soil natural
                      capital, fitting within a broad framework, which can be used
                      to assess soil ecosystem services that contribute to the
                      function of the earth system. Though various definitions of
                      soil natural capital have been proposed, mostly in the
                      agricultural context, it still remains a nebulous and
                      ill-defined term. The objective of this paper is to develop
                      an embracing definition of soil 'natural capital' focusing
                      on (i) mass, (ii) energy, and (iii) organization/entropy.
                      Mass is further subdivided into solid, liquid and gas
                      phases, and organization into physicochemical, biotic, and
                      spatiotemporal structure. We differentiate between two
                      aspects of capital, the quantity and the quality. As a
                      result of our definition, soil moisture, temperature, and
                      structure emerge as valuable stocks, alongside the more
                      traditionally viewed stocks such as inorganic (mineralogy,
                      texture) and organic materials (OM content). We go on to
                      demonstrate how natural capital fits within the ecosystem
                      services framework, and how using integrated valuation and
                      process based models it can be evaluated. Finally we discuss
                      measurement and monitoring needs that fit with this vision
                      of evaluation.},
      keywords     = {J (WoSType)},
      cin          = {ICG-4},
      ddc          = {550},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793},
      pnm          = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
      pid          = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
      shelfmark    = {Soil Science},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000271752700018},
      doi          = {10.2136/ssaj2008.0332},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/5926},
}