How Agricultural Intensification Affects Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-97

  Emmerson, M ^a   Morales, M B ^b   Onate J J ^b   Batary P ^c   Berendse, F ^d   Liira, J ^b,e   Aavik, T ^e   Guerrero, I ^b   Bommarco, R ^f   Eggers, S ^f   Part T ^f   Tscharntke, T ^c   Weisser, W ^g   Clement, L ^g   Bengtsson, J ^f  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Agriculture; Agroecology; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Europe; Landscape diversity; Pesticide; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998854231     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.08.005     Document Type: Chapter

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