Special Issue: The future of agri-environment schemes.

Published online
15 Jun 2011
Content type
Journal issue
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01987.x

Author(s)
Whittingham, M. J.

Publication language
English
Location
Europe

Abstract

This special profile contains an editorial and 13 papers demonstrating the potential of European agri-environment schemes (AESs) to achieve significant biodiversity benefits and ecosystem services. It provides evidence that AESs can improve ecosystem service provision, such as pollination services, biological control and carbon storage. However, AESs located in heterogeneous landscapes and in areas supporting high levels of biodiversity are likely to yield greater benefits than those in more homogeneous landscapes.

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