Simple-but-sound methods for estimating the value of changes in biodiversity for biological pest control in agriculture

Ecological Economics

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 215-225

  Letourneau, Deborah K ^a   Ando, Amy W ^b   Jedlicka, Julie A ^c   Narwani, Anita ^d   Barbier, Edward ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic valuation; Ecosystem services; Functional diversity; Natural enemy; Species richness; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD MARKET; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VALUATION;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84946541968     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.10.015     Document Type: Article

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