Time will tell: resource continuity bolsters ecosystem services

Sammanfattning

A common suggestion to support ecosystem services to agriculture provided by mobile organisms is to increase the amount of natural and seminatural habitat in the landscape. This might, however, be inefficient, and demands for agricultural products limit the feasibility of converting arable land into natural habitat. To develop more targeted means to promote ecosystem services, we need a solid understanding of the limitations to population growth for service-providing organisms. We propose a research agenda that identifies resource bottlenecks and interruptions over time to key beneficial organisms, emphasising their resulting population dynamics. Targeted measures that secure the continuity of resources throughout the life cycle of service-providing organisms are likely to effectively increase the stock, flow, and stability of ecosystem services.

Nyckelord

resource chain; pest control; pollination; population dynamics

Publicerad i

Trends in ecology & evolution
2015, volym: 30, nummer: 9, sidor: 524-530
Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON

SLU författare

• Shellhorn, Nancy

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

• Gagic, Vesna

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

• Bommarco, Riccardo

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Nätverk växtskydd

UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekologi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.007

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