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Sparing land for biodiversity at multiple spatial scales

Ekroos, Johan LU ; Ödman, Anja LU orcid ; Andersson, Georg LU orcid ; Birkhofer, Klaus LU ; Herbertsson, Lina LU ; Klatt, Björn LU orcid ; Olsson, Ola LU orcid ; Olsson, Pål Axel LU ; Persson, Anna LU and Prentice, Honor C LU orcid , et al. (2016) In Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3.
Abstract
A common approach to the conservation of farmland biodiversity and the promotion of multifunctional landscapes, particularly in landscapes containing only small remnants of non-crop habitats, has been to maintain landscape heterogeneity and reduce land-use intensity. In contrast, it has recently been shown that devoting specific areas of non-crop habitats to conservation, segregated from high-yielding farmland (“land sparing”), can more effectively conserve biodiversity than promoting low-yielding, less intensively managed farmland occupying larger areas (“land sharing”). In the present paper we suggest that the debate over the relative merits of land sparing or land sharing is partly blurred by the differing spatial scales at which it is... (More)
A common approach to the conservation of farmland biodiversity and the promotion of multifunctional landscapes, particularly in landscapes containing only small remnants of non-crop habitats, has been to maintain landscape heterogeneity and reduce land-use intensity. In contrast, it has recently been shown that devoting specific areas of non-crop habitats to conservation, segregated from high-yielding farmland (“land sparing”), can more effectively conserve biodiversity than promoting low-yielding, less intensively managed farmland occupying larger areas (“land sharing”). In the present paper we suggest that the debate over the relative merits of land sparing or land sharing is partly blurred by the differing spatial scales at which it is suggested that land sparing should be applied. We argue that there is no single correct spatial scale for segregating biodiversity protection and commodity production in multifunctional landscapes. Instead we propose an alternative conceptual construct, which we call “multiple-scale land sparing,” targeting biodiversity and ecosystem services in transformed landscapes. We discuss how multiple-scale land sparing may overcome the apparent dichotomy between land sharing and land sparing and help to find acceptable compromises that conserve biodiversity and landscape multifunctionality.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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145
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Frontiers Media S. A.
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2296-701X
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10.3389/fevo.2015.00145
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Rural development through governance of multifunctional agricultural land-use
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English
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  author       = {{Ekroos, Johan and Ödman, Anja and Andersson, Georg and Birkhofer, Klaus and Herbertsson, Lina and Klatt, Björn and Olsson, Ola and Olsson, Pål Axel and Persson, Anna and Prentice, Honor C and Rundlöf, Maj and Smith, Henrik}},
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  publisher    = {{Frontiers Media S. A.}},
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  title        = {{Sparing land for biodiversity at multiple spatial scales}},
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  doi          = {{10.3389/fevo.2015.00145}},
  volume       = {{3}},
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