A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production
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| Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | contribución a publicación periódica |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Description: | Human land use threatens global biodiversity and compromises multiple ecosystem functions critical to food production. Whether crop yield–related ecosystem services can be maintained by a few dominant species or rely on high richness remains unclear. Using a global database from 89 studies (with 1475 locations), we partition the relative importance of species richness, abundance, and dominance for pollination; biological pest control; and final yields in the context of ongoing land-use change. Pollinator and enemy richness directly supported ecosystem services in addition to and independent of abundance and dominance. Up to 50% of the negative effects of landscape simplification on ecosystem services was due to richness losses of service-providing organisms, with negative consequences for crop yields. Maintaining the biodiversity of ecosystem service providers is therefore vital to sustain the flow of key agroecosystem benefits to society. |
| Country: | Repositorio CATIE |
| Institution: | Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio CATIE |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.catie.ac.cr:11554/9472 |
| Online Access: | https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0121 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Keyword: | BIODIVERSIDAD ECOSISTEMA SERVICIOS ECOSISTEMICOS BIOCENOSIS AGROECOSISTEMAS UTILIZACION DE LA TIERRA PRODUCCION ALIMENTARIA RENDIMIENTO DE CULTIVOS ORGANISMOS BENEFICIOSOS POLINIZADORES CONTROL BIOLOGICO DE PLAGAS ESPECIES DOMINANTES |