Publication Date:
2007-01-20
Description:
Sustainable development requires the reconciliation of demands for biodiversity conservation and increased agricultural production. Assessing the impact of novel farming practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services is fundamental to this process. Using farmland birds as a model system, we present a generic risk assessment framework that accurately predicts each species' current conservation status and population growth rate associated with past changes in agriculture. We demonstrate its value by assessing the potential impact on biodiversity of two controversial land uses, genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops and agri-environment schemes. This framework can be used to guide policy and land management decisions and to assess progress toward sustainability targets.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Butler, S J -- Vickery, J A -- Norris, K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Jan 19;315(5810):381-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Centre for Agri-Environment Research, School of Agriculture, Policy, and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, UK. s.j.butler@reading.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17234947" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Agriculture
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Animals
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*Biodiversity
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*Birds
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Conservation of Natural Resources
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Crops, Agricultural/genetics
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*Ecosystem
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*Environment
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Great Britain
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Linear Models
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Models, Statistical
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Plants, Genetically Modified
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Population Density
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Population Dynamics
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Risk Assessment
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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