The role of ecological models in linking ecological risk assessment to ecosystem services in agroecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 415, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-100

  Galic, Nika ^a   Schmolke, Amelie ^b   Forbes, Valery ^c   Baveco, Hans ^a   van den Brink, Paul J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment endpoints; Biological control; Eutrophication; Extrapolation; Pollination; Protection goals

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; ASSESSMENT ENDPOINTS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN POPULATION; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; MODELING STUDIES; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER; POLLINATION; PROTECTION GOALS; SERVICE PROVIDER; SERVICE PROVISIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; STANDARD TESTS;

BIOCONTROL; EUTROPHICATION; EXTRAPOLATION; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; METAPOPULATION; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER;

EID: 84855845468     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.065     Document Type: Article

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