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Is biodiversity linked with farm management options in vineyard landscapes? A case study combining ecological indicators within a hybrid modelling framework
- Source :
- Ecological Indicators, Vol 121, Iss, Pp 107012-(2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Sustainable management of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes is a European Union objective supported on multifunctional agri-environment measures. The effectiveness of specific practices implemented to reverse declines in farmland biodiversity should be monitored using straightforward methodologies and indicators. This work outlines an innovative hybrid framework to predict the response of biodiversity indicators to farm management options. We exemplify the framework application, integrating monitoring, statistics and spatio-temporal modelling procedures with a case study using flying vertebrates’ patterns for indicating biodiversity trends. The indicators considered depict significant divergences within contrasting on-farm implemented environmental management options. In fact, while birds’ abundance was expected to increase within environmentally friendly options, bats passes showed fluctuating patterns. Overall, the framework and indicators selected were considered relevant for biodiversity assessments in vineyard landscapes. This approach also provides a promising baseline to support sustainable management practices and options for other agroecosystems, derived from ecological models with increased predictive power and intuitiveness to decision makers and environmental managers.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Stochastic dynamic methodology
Biodiversity
General Decision Sciences
010501 environmental sciences
Functional biodiversity
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Agricultural science
Abundance (ecology)
Ecosystem services
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European union
Baseline (configuration management)
Farmland indicators
QH540-549.5
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Habitat management
Viticulture
Ecology
Ecological indicator
Geography
Work (electrical)
Sustainable management
Predictive power
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1470160X
- Volume :
- 121
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ecological Indicators
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....56acd3c0f18f45f8d6cd6c2be14ad8d1