Intersection between biodiversity conservation, agroecology, and ecosystem services
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Agroecological research has improved our understanding of the drivers and benefits of biodiversity, thus providing the scientific basis needed to achieve agricultural multifunctionality. We review how agroecology has contributed to our understanding of the effects of local and landscape level drivers on beneficial insects, as well as on the ecosystem services they provide. Several syntheses from agroecosystem research indicate that both populations and biodiversity of pollinator and natural enemies decline with increases in local agricultural intensification and that landscape composition and configuration may mediate these local scale effects. Changes in agricultural management may affect predation and pollination services by altering the resource base for natural enemies and pollinators, by altering their species pool, and by modifying their interactions. The effects of these drivers depend on taxonomical or functional groups and landscape context. Studies that directly measure the cascading effects of landscape drivers on pest control and pollination services and plant level benefits are sparse. We propose five research themes to improve our understanding of the interface of agroecology, conservation, and ecosystem service research.
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Ecological functions developed by agroecological processes in agriculture have valuable repercussions for sustainable production, especially for the protection of pollinating populations and natural enemies considered critical ecological services for agricultural systems.
“Ecological functions developed by agroecological processes in agriculture have valuable repercussions for sustainable production, especially for the protection of pollinating populations and natural enemies considered critical ecological services for agricultural systems (Liere etal., 2017).”
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Two components influence the potential connectivity for a species, community, or ecological process: the structural and the functional.
“In this regard, two components influence the potential connectivity for a species, community, or ecological process: the structural and the functional (Fahrig etal., 2011; Ana Milena Alonso etal., 2017; Liere etal., 2017).”
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- Authors
- Liere, H., Jha, S., & Philpott, S. M.
- Affiliations
- Reed College (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Corresponding author
- Liere, Heidi
- Venue
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-07-17
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 723-760
- ISSN
- 2168-3565 (ISSN-L)
- 2168-3573
- OpenAlex
- W2734453447
- Cited by
- 86
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 6.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- escholarship.org
- Locations
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- USDA_NIFA (BNRE Agroecosystem Award #2015-08534)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and animal studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Keywords
- agroecology, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, multifunctional agriculture, pollinators, natural enemies, agricultural intensification, landscape composition and configuration, pest control, pollination services, beneficial insects, species pool, functional groups, cascading effects
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