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Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change

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Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. / Bohan, David A.; Schmucki, Reto; Abay, Abrha Teklay et al.
The Future of Agricultural Landscapes. red. / David A. Bohan; Alex J. Dumbrell; Adam J. Vanbergen. Bind III Elsevier, 2022. s. 169-244 (Advances in Ecological Research, Bind 65).

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Bohan, DA, Schmucki, R, Abay, AT, Termansen, M, Bane, M, Charalabidis, A, Cong, R-G, Derocles, SAP, Dorner, Z, Forster, M, Gibert, C, Harrower, C, Oudoire, G, Therond, O, Young, J, Zalai, M & Pocock, MJO 2022, Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. i DA Bohan, AJ Dumbrell & AJ Vanbergen (red), The Future of Agricultural Landscapes. bind III, Elsevier, Advances in Ecological Research, bind 65, s. 169-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.01.002

APA

Bohan, D. A., Schmucki, R., Abay, A. T., Termansen, M., Bane, M., Charalabidis, A., Cong, R-G., Derocles, S. A. P., Dorner, Z., Forster, M., Gibert, C., Harrower, C., Oudoire, G., Therond, O., Young, J., Zalai, M., & Pocock, M. J. O. (2022). Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. I D. A. Bohan, A. J. Dumbrell, & A. J. Vanbergen (red.), The Future of Agricultural Landscapes (Bind III, s. 169-244). Elsevier. Advances in Ecological Research Bind 65 https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.01.002

CBE

Bohan DA, Schmucki R, Abay AT, Termansen M, Bane M, Charalabidis A, Cong R-G, Derocles SAP, Dorner Z, Forster M, et al. 2022. Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. Bohan DA, Dumbrell AJ, Vanbergen AJ, red. I The Future of Agricultural Landscapes. Elsevier. s. 169-244. (Advances in Ecological Research, Bind 65). https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.01.002

MLA

Bohan, David A. et al. "Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change"., Bohan, David A. Dumbrell, Alex J. Vanbergen, Adam J. (red.). The Future of Agricultural Landscapes. Kapitel 5, Elsevier. (Advances in Ecological Research, Bind 65). 2022, 169-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.01.002

Vancouver

Bohan DA, Schmucki R, Abay AT, Termansen M, Bane M, Charalabidis A et al. Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. I Bohan DA, Dumbrell AJ, Vanbergen AJ, red., The Future of Agricultural Landscapes. Bind III. Elsevier. 2022. s. 169-244. (Advances in Ecological Research, Bind 65). doi: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.01.002

Author

Bohan, David A. ; Schmucki, Reto ; Abay, Abrha Teklay et al. / Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. The Future of Agricultural Landscapes. red. / David A. Bohan ; Alex J. Dumbrell ; Adam J. Vanbergen. Bind III Elsevier, 2022. s. 169-244 (Advances in Ecological Research, Bind 65).

Bibtex

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abstract = "We believe that approaches to landscape modification should explicitly include farmers, given their understanding of landscape management practices, and consider climate change, so that the landscapes are designed for future environmental conditions. Climate change is an existential threat to farmers and current patterns of arable agriculture, leading to increases in the variability of agricultural productivity and crop failure. The performance of many of the crops that are currently highly productive will decline significantly and the geographical envelopes within which these crops can be grown are expected to shift northwards in Europe. Farmers will likely be faced with a choice: either leave farming or modify the crops that are grown, adopting new cultivars or species able to be cultivated profitably under future climatic conditions. We hypothesised that farmers do not adopt new crops or cultivars individually but use crops within sequences, called rotations, which are agronomically well understood. We know from past research that changes to rotations will lead to changes in biodiversity and the ecosystem services furnished by farmland, both within a field and at landscape scales. Here, we show how we might: use farmer knowledge of crop agronomy to propose future crop rotations in the light of climate change predictions; model these crop rotations to estimate likely effects on economy, biodiversity and ecosystem services; and validate these predictions through empirical study in regions where the rotations are already used. A workflow of co-development would have the benefit of generating practical rotations built on farmer knowledge and demonstrate empirically the predicted economic and ecological effects, markedly increasing the likely credibility of the results for farmers. Such a methodology has the potential to transform future sustainable agricultural landscapes.",
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AU - Termansen, Mette

AU - Bane, Miranda

AU - Charalabidis, Alice

AU - Cong, Rong-Gang

AU - Derocles, Stephane A.P.

AU - Dorner, Zita

AU - Forster, Matthieu

AU - Gibert, Caroline

AU - Harrower, Colin

AU - Oudoire, Geoffroy

AU - Therond, Olivier

AU - Young, Juliette

AU - Zalai, Mihály

AU - Pocock, Michael J.O.

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