articleBasic and Applied EcologyJul 29, 2016HYBRID OA

Designing agricultural landscapes for biodiversity-based ecosystem services

Michigan State University

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Abstract

Sustainable and resilient agricultural systems are needed to feed and fuel a growing human population. However, the current model of agricultural intensification which produces high yields has also resulted in a loss of biodiversity, ecological function, and critical ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. A key consequence of agricultural intensification is landscape simplification, where once heterogeneous landscapes contain increasingly fewer crop and non-crop habitats. Landscape simplification exacerbates biodiversity losses which leads to reductions in ecosystem services on which agriculture depends. In recent decades, considerable research has focused on mitigating these negative impacts,…

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Keywords
  • Ecosystem services
  • Biodiversity
  • Agriculture
  • Environmental resource management
  • Landscape planning
  • Environmental planning
  • Business
  • Total human ecosystem
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Zero hunger
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