The role of ecological models in linking ecological risk assessment to ecosystem services in agroecosystems

Galić, Nika; Schmolke, Amélie; Forbes, Valery E.; Baveco, Hans; Brink, Paul J. Van den

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.065

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“…Bioindicators are one of the basis for the current attempts to slow down the loss of biodiversity, e.g., with the (largely missed) 2010 targets (Butchart et al 2010;Perrings et al 2011;Sparks et al 2011). There have been recent attempts to link bio-indicators with environmental risk assessment approaches, i.e., the evaluation of how a given human activity is likely to perturb a whole ecosystem (Galic et al 2012;Safont et al 2012). Just as with long-term monitoring, there is a need to merge genetic, ecological, and sociocultural perspectives in the development of (bio)-indicators of socio-ecological resilience (Cumming 2011;Goffaux et al 2011;van Oudenhoven et al 2011).…”

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Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review

Pautasso

Aistara²,

Barnaud

et al. 2012

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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The circulation of seed among farmers is central to agrobiodiversity conservation and dynamics. Agrobiodiversity, the diversity of agricultural systems from genes to varieties and crop species, from farming methods to landscape composition, is part of humanity's cultural heritage. Whereas agrobiodiversity conservation has received much attention from researchers and policy makers over the last decades, the methods available to study the role of seed exchange networks in preserving crop biodiversity have only recently begun to be considered. In this overview, we present key concepts, methods, and challenges to better understand seed exchange networks so as to improve the chances that traditional crop varieties (landraces) will be preserved and used sustainably around the world. The available literature suggests that there is insufficient knowledge about the social, cultural, and methodological dimensions of environmental change, including how seed exchange networks will cope with changes in climates, socio-economic factors, and family structures that have supported seed exchange systems to date. Methods available to study the role of seed exchange networks in the preservation and adaptation of crop specific and genetic diversity range from meta-analysis to modelling, from participatory approaches to the development of bio-indicators, from genetic to biogeographical studies, from anthropological and ethnographic research to the use of network theory. We advocate a diversity of approaches, so as to foster the creation of robust and policy-relevant knowledge. Open challenges in the study of the role of seed exchange networks in biodiversity conservation include the development of methods to (i) enhance farmers' participation to decision-making in agro-ecosystems, (ii) integrate ex situ and in situ approaches, (iii) achieve interdisciplinary research collaboration between social and natural scientists, and (iv) use network analysis as a conceptual framework to bridge boundaries among researchers, farmers and policy makers, as well as other stakeholders. (Résumé d'auteur

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Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review

Pautasso

Aistara²,

Barnaud

et al. 2012

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…Models are not only suitable for describing the structure and function of ecosystems but also to show how external drivers like land use affect them and their ecosystem services (Galic et al, 2012), to reveal trade-offs and to assess the change of ecosystem services along time under different scenarios to inform adaptive management (Maltby et al, 2013). In the Mar Menor case, the modeling framework has allowed a first valuation of the nutrient removal service of their coastal wetlands.…”

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Trade-Offs Between Biodiversity Conservation and Nutrients Removal in Wetlands of Arid Intensive Agricultural Basins

Martínez-Fernández

Selma

Martínez‐Paz

et al. 2014

Developments in Environmental Modelling

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“…maximizing agricultural management towards food production for the world market. Maximization of food production, however, happened at the detriment of other ecosystem services (MEA 2005;ten Brink 2009;Power 2010;Galic et al 2011;Tayyebi et al 2016), including regulating services like natural pest regulation and water quality, cultural services like aesthetic landscapes and services that support food production like soil structure and fertility. Recently awareness is growing that agricultural policy should stimulate farmers to produce in a more sustainable way, which means that food production should be combined with delivering other ecosystem services, for example those that contribute to ecological and climate policy goals (Greening the CAP EC 2011).…”

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Modelling shifts between mono- and multifunctional farming systems: the importance of social and economic drivers

Grashof-Bokdam

Cormont

Polman³

et al. 2016

Landscape Ecol

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Context In Europe, policy measures are starting to emerge that promote multifunctional farming systems and delivery of ecosystem services besides food production. Effectiveness of these policy instruments have to deal with ecological, economic and social complexities and with complexities in individual decisions of local actors leading to system shifts. Objective The objective of this paper is to discover the most important social and/or economic drivers that cause farm systems to shift between a monofunctional (providing food) and a multifunctional state (providing food and natural pest regulation). Methods Using a cellular automata model, we simulated decisions of individual farmers to shift between a mono-and multifunctional state through time, based on their behaviour type and on financial and social consequences. Collaboration of multifunctional farmers at a landscape scale is a precondition to provide a reliable level of natural pest regulation. Results Costs of applying green infrastructure was an important driver for the size and the conversion rate of shifts between mono-and multifunctional farming systems. Shifts towards multifunctional farming were enhanced by a higher motivation of farmers to produce sustainably, while shifts (back) to a monofunctional state was enhanced by a low social cohesion between multifunctional farmers. Conclusions These results suggest that in order to develop a multifunctional farming system, individual farmers should act counterintuitively to their conventional farming environment. To maintain a multifunctional farming system, social cohesion between multifunctional farmers is most relevant. Financial aspects are important in both shifts.

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The role of ecological models in linking ecological risk assessment to ecosystem services in agroecosystems

Cited by 91 publications

References 67 publications

Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review

Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review

Trade-Offs Between Biodiversity Conservation and Nutrients Removal in Wetlands of Arid Intensive Agricultural Basins

Modelling shifts between mono- and multifunctional farming systems: the importance of social and economic drivers

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