Estimating the cost of different strategies for measuring farmland biodiversity: Evidence from a Europe-wide field evaluation

Targetti, Stefano; Herzog, Félix; Geijzendorffer, Ilse R.; Wolfrum, Sebastian; Arndorfer, Michaela; Balàzs, K.; Choisis, Jean Philippe; Dennis, Peter; Eiter, Sebastian; Fjellstad, Wendy; Friedel, Jürgen K.; Jeanneret, Philippe; Jongman, R.H.G.; Kainz, Max; Luescher, G.; Moreno, Gerardo; Zanetti, Tommaso; Sarthou, Jean-Pierre; Stoyanova, S.; Wiley, David N.; Paoletti, Maurizio G.; Viaggi, Davide

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.04.050

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“…Most programs have therefore adopted this approach. (v) Compared to the other cost factors, the size (area) of the samples may be less important than location as a significant portion of the cost incurs by transport to and from sampling site (Targetti et al 2014). This allows the surveyed area to be increased in coarsegrained landscapes without increasing costs dramatically.…”

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State-of-the-art practices in farmland biodiversity monitoring for North America and Europe

Herzog

Franklin

2016

Ambio

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Policy makers and farmers need to know the status of farmland biodiversity in order to meet conservation goals and evaluate management options. Based on a review of 11 monitoring programs in Europe and North America and on related literature, we identify the design choices or attributes of a program that balance monitoring costs and usefulness for stakeholders. A useful program monitors habitats, vascular plants, and possibly faunal groups (ecosystem service providers, charismatic species) using a stratified random sample of the agricultural landscape, including marginal and intensive regions. The size of landscape samples varies with the grain of the agricultural landscape; for example, samples are smaller in Europe and larger in North America. Raw data are collected in a rolling survey, which distributes sampling over several years. Sufficient practical experience is now available to implement broad monitoring schemes on both continents. Technological developments in remote sensing, metagenomics, and social media may offer new opportunities for affordable farmland biodiversity monitoring and help to lower the overall costs of monitoring programs.

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State-of-the-art practices in farmland biodiversity monitoring for North America and Europe

Herzog

Franklin

2016

Ambio

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“…Consequently, studies of the interrelationship between the two dimensions are focused on aspects, for which also the cultural dimension can be categorized, such as establishing links between language diversity and biodiversity (Sutherland 2003;Maffi 2005). Alternatively, studies focus on selected specific outcomes of the interrelationship, such as agrobiodiversity (Lomba et al 2014), including home gardens (Galluzzi et al 2010), or ecosystem development shaped by natural and anthropogenic aspects alike (Targetti et al 2014).…”

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Exploring links between culture and biodiversity: studying land use intensity from the plot to the landscape level

Bürgi

Kizos

2015

Biodivers Conserv

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In recent years, the term biocultural diversity has been promoted to raise awareness for the interrelationship between culture and biodiversity. Whereas the term is hard to conceptualize in general, specific links between culture and biodiversity can be explored. In this paper, we focus on land use, which is on one hand culturally coined, and has on the other hand far-reaching impacts on biodiversity. The specific effects of land use on biodiversity depend on its intensity, which can be parameterized in different way, not the least depending on the scale of observation. Based on a short review of different approaches on how to assess land use intensity (LUI), we propose a new conceptual framework reflecting the scaled nature of the linkages between land management and biodiversity. From the plot to the landscape level, different aspects of LUI are becoming relevant, some of which we illustrate with case studies from China, Greece and Switzerland. We conclude on how the framework proposed can further our understanding on the interconnectedness of humans and their environment.

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“…Monitoring is a key component of any scheme to evaluate whether levels of biodiversity are being supported or increased (Targetti et al 2014). Although crucial, monitoring using the existing methods of trapping and visual assessments is often time-consuming and expensive (Ji et al 2013;Targetti et al 2014). Metabarcoding has been proposed as a fast, cheap, and auditable way to monitor biodiversity, which is less reliant on taxonomic expertise that is often expensive and unevenly distributed around the globe (Ji et al 2013;Gibson et al 2015;Syaripuddin et al 2015).…”

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Section: Examining Agricultural Landscapes As Ecosystemsmentioning

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Barcoding the food chain: from Sanger to high-throughput sequencing

Littlefair

Clare

2016

Genome

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Society faces the complex challenge of supporting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, while ensuring food security by providing safe traceable food through an ever-more-complex global food chain. The increase in human mobility brings the added threat of pests, parasites, and invaders that further complicate our agro-industrial efforts. DNA barcoding technologies allow researchers to identify both individual species, and, when combined with universal primers and high-throughput sequencing techniques, the diversity within mixed samples (metabarcoding). These tools are already being employed to detect market substitutions, trace pests through the forensic evaluation of trace "environmental DNA", and to track parasitic infections in livestock. The potential of DNA barcoding to contribute to increased security of the food chain is clear, but challenges remain in regulation and the need for validation of experimental analysis. Here, we present an overview of the current uses and challenges of applied DNA barcoding in agriculture, from agro-ecosystems within farmland to the kitchen table.

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Estimating the cost of different strategies for measuring farmland biodiversity: Evidence from a Europe-wide field evaluation

Cited by 25 publications

References 39 publications

State-of-the-art practices in farmland biodiversity monitoring for North America and Europe

State-of-the-art practices in farmland biodiversity monitoring for North America and Europe

Exploring links between culture and biodiversity: studying land use intensity from the plot to the landscape level

Barcoding the food chain: from Sanger to high-throughput sequencing

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