Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and Trade-Offs

Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and Trade-Offs

We hypothesize that biological diversification across ecological, spatial, and temporal scales maintains and regenerates the ecosystem services that provide critical inputs - such as maintenance of soil quality, nitrogen fixation, pollination, and pest control - to agriculture. Agrobiodiversity is s...

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Main Authors: Claire Kremen, Albie Miles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2012-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
agricultural food production
agricultural intensification
agrobiodiversity
agroecology
biodiversity
conventional agriculture
conventional farming systems
diversified farming systems
ecosystem services
land-sharing
land-sparing
organic agriculture
sustainable agriculture
sustainable intensification
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss4/art40/

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