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The project aims to identify the key semi-natural habitats (SNH), outside and within crops, providing essential ecological services (ES). Vegetation traits will be linked to potential ES provision, case studies will measure actual ES levels and inform models which will show unused opportunities and trade-offs among ES by SNH from habitat to landscape scale. This will be achieved for a range of representative cropping systems and farming intensities in regions dominated by agriculture and matched to the requirements of local and national stakeholders. Surveys will identify key SNH and existing literature will be used to link their vegetation traits to ES provision. ES provision will be measured in existing habitat types (SNH to crop) across economically important cropping systems, farming intensities and four European agro-climatic zones using simple techniques in 16 case studies. A case study is defined by a unique combination of region, crop species, and service. Each case study will concentrate on locally important cropping system and the main ES required. Pollination and pest control have been identified as main ES needed, but also soil fertility, weed control and social services will be considered. The relative socio-economic weight of the studied ecosystem services will be appraised using feedback from national experts using a semi-quantitative method. Data will parameterise spatially explicit models to determine how the vegetation composition, management, shape, area, and placement of SNH in agricultural landscapes affect the distribution of mobile-agent based ecosystem services from farm to landscape level. To investigate synergies and trade-offs in ecological services, multi-criteria analysis will be developed to combine a suite of modules in an integrative modelling framework. Outputs are designed to inform local, national and EU stakeholders on how to improve ES provision from SNH and will include a novel web-based tool.
Dziedzina nauki
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologylandscape ecology
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagronomyplant protection
- social sciencessociologygovernancepublic services
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculture
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
Zaproszenie do składania wniosków
FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage
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System finansowania
CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research projectKoordynator
SP6 1EF Fordingbridge
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3003 Bern
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6708 PB Wageningen
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56127 Pisa
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2100 GODOLLO
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33175 Gradignan
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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EX4 4QJ Exeter
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31076 Toulouse
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6708 PB Wageningen
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51014 Tartu
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56126 Pisa
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56070 Koblenz
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1053 Budapest
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