Capturing the effects of flower strips on natural pest control in agronomic land use models

Christian Sponagel, Ana Klinnert, Rui Catarino, Caetano Beber, Edoardo Baldoni, Ana-Luisa Barbosa, Felix Witte, Enno Bahrs and Thomas Fellmann

Agricultural Systems, 2025, vol. 222, issue C

Abstract: Given policy objectives for pesticide reduction, functional biodiversity is increasingly important for agricultural production. However, economic land use optimisation models rarely account for the interplay between agricultural production and functional biodiversity, like natural pest control (NPC).

Keywords: Land use modelling; Ecosystem services; Functional biodiversity; Pesticide reduction; Agricultural income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104176

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