Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2021)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00256-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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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.