An increase in food production in Europe could dramatically affect farmland biodiversity

An increase in food production in Europe could dramatically affect farmland biodiversity

Conversion of semi-natural habitats, such as hedgerows, to farmland could increase agricultural productivity by 6% and potentially reduce biodiversity by up to 66% depending on land use type, according to survey-based estimates across ten European regions.

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Main Authors: Philippe Jeanneret, Gisela Lüscher, Manuel K. Schneider, Philippe Pointereau, Michaela Arndorfer, Debra Bailey, Katalin Balázs, András Báldi, Jean-Philippe Choisis, Peter Dennis, Mario Diaz, Sebastian Eiter, Zoltán Elek, Wendy Fjellstad, Thomas Frank, Jürgen K. Friedel, Ilse R. Geijzendorffer, Pippa Gillingham, Tiziano Gomiero, Gergely Jerkovich, Rob H. G. Jongman, Max Kainz, Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki, Gerardo Moreno, Juri Nascimbene, Marie-Louise Oschatz, Maurizio G. Paoletti, Jean-Pierre Sarthou, Norman Siebrecht, Daniele Sommaggio, Sebastian Wolfrum, Felix Herzog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00256-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00256-x

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