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Title: | Pollinators, pests, and predators: Recognizing ecological trade-offs in agroecosystems | Contributor(s): | Saunders, Manu (author) ; Peisley, Rebecca K (author); Rader, Romina (author) ; Luck, Gary W (author) | Publication Date: | 2016 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1007/s13280-015-0696-y | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19549 | Open Access Link: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709359 | Abstract: | Ecological interactions between crops and wild animals frequently result in increases or declines in crop yield. Yet, positive and negative interactions have mostly been treated independently, owing partly to disciplinary silos in ecological and agricultural sciences. We advocate a new integrated research paradigm that explicitly recognizes cost-benefit trade-offs among animal activities and acknowledges that these activities occur within social-ecological contexts. Support for this paradigm is presented in an evidence-based conceptual model structured around five evidence statements highlighting emerging trends applicable to sustainable agriculture. The full range of benefits and costs associated with animal activities in agroecosystems cannot be quantified by focusing on single species groups, crops, or systems. Management of productive agroecosystems should sustain cycles of ecological interactions between crops and wild animals, not isolate these cycles from the system. Advancing this paradigm will therefore require integrated studies that determine net returns of animal activity in agroecosystems. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Ambio, 45(1), p. 4-14 | Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ISSN: | 1654-7209 0044-7447 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060208 Terrestrial Ecology 060202 Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 310308 Terrestrial ecology 310302 Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) 410401 Conservation and biodiversity |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960501 Ecosystem Assessment and Management at Regional or Larger Scales 960504 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 180403 Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems 180601 Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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