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
Affiliations
- Philippe Jeanneret
- Agroscope
- Gisela Lüscher
- Agroscope
- Manuel K. Schneider
- Agroscope
- Philippe Pointereau
- SOLAGRO, Initiatives and Innovations for Energy, Agriculture and Environment
- Michaela Arndorfer
- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences
- Debra Bailey
- Agroscope
- Katalin Balázs
- Institute of Environmental & Landscape Management, Szent Istvan University
- András Báldi
- MTA Centre for Ecological Research
- Jean-Philippe Choisis
- INRA, UMR 1201 Dynafor
- Peter Dennis
- Aberystwyth University
- Mario Diaz
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
- Sebastian Eiter
- Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
- Zoltán Elek
- MTA Centre for Ecological Research
- Wendy Fjellstad
- Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
- Thomas Frank
- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences
- Jürgen K. Friedel
- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences
- Ilse R. Geijzendorffer
- Alterra, Wageningen UR
- Pippa Gillingham
- Aberystwyth University
- Tiziano Gomiero
- Department of Biology, Padova University
- Gergely Jerkovich
- Aberystwyth University
- Rob H. G. Jongman
- Alterra, Wageningen UR
- Max Kainz
- Centre of Life and Food Science, Technical University of Munich
- Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki
- MTA Centre for Ecological Research
- Gerardo Moreno
- Forestry School, University of Extremadura
- Juri Nascimbene
- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna
- Marie-Louise Oschatz
- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences
- Maurizio G. Paoletti
- Department of Biology, Padova University
- Jean-Pierre Sarthou
- Toulouse University, ENSAT
- Norman Siebrecht
- Centre of Life and Food Science, Technical University of Munich
- Daniele Sommaggio
- Department of Biology, Padova University
- Sebastian Wolfrum
- Centre of Life and Food Science, Technical University of Munich
- Felix Herzog
- Agroscope
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00256-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
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.