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Minns, A. ; Finn, J. ; Hector, A. ; Caldeira, M. C. ; Joshi, J. ; Schmid, Bernhard ; Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael ; Spehn, E. M. ; Troumbis, A. Y. ; Palmborg, Cecilia ; Beierkuhnlein, Carl ; Jumpponen, A. ; Huss-Danell, K. ; Dimitrakopoulos, P. G. ; Loreau, M. ; Mulder, C. P. H. ; O'Donovan, G. ; Pereira, João Santos ; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef ; Woodward, F. I. ; Terry, A. C.:
The functioning of European grassland ecosystems : potential benefits of biodiversity to agriculture.
In: Outlook on Agriculture.
Vol. 30
(2001)
Issue 3
.
- pp. 179-185.
ISSN 0030-7270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5367/000000001101293634
Abstract in another language
About half the farmland of Europe is grassland pasture or hay meadow, and much is impoverished in plant species due to the addition of fertilizers and pesticides, agricultural re-sowing, habitat fragmentation, land abandonment and changes in grazing and mowing regimes. Given this widespread reduction, it is important to understand the effect that loss of biodiversity is having upon our wider environment. Here the authors summarize the main results from the BIODEPTH project, the first multinational, large-scale experiment to examine directly the relationship between plant diversity and the processes that determine the functioning of ecosystems. The results suggest that preserving and restoring grassland diversity may be beneficial to maintaining desirable levels of several ecosystem processes, and may therefore have applications in land management and agriculture.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional notes: | BAYCEER14918 |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Biogeography Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Biogeography > Chair Biogeography - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carl Beierkuhnlein Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Centres |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2015 11:58 |
| Last Modified: | 13 May 2020 08:18 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/10962 |