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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106488 |
Economic benefits from plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands | |
Schaub, Sergei1,2; Buchmann, Nina2; Luscher, Andreas3; Finger, Robert1 | |
2020-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 168 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Switzerland |
英文摘要 | Grasslands cover a major share of the world's agricultural area and are important for global food security. Plant species diversity in grasslands is known to increase and stabilize biomass yields. We economically evaluate these effects, using a rich dataset from 16 intensively managed grassland sites across Europe. We extend earlier research by accounting for plant species diversity effects on both quantity and quality of yields. Consequently, we can express plant species diversity effects in terms of milk production potential yields per hectare and potential revenues thereof. Plant species diversity not only increased milk production potential yields and thus revenues, but also reduced production risks. Thus, increasing plant species diversity resulted in higher certainty equivalents, for example, the certainty equivalent rose by +29% when comparing the average mixture to the average monoculture. For risk averse decision makers, this gain in certainty equivalent was mainly due to the increase in revenues (accounting for 90%) compared to the total insurance value (accounting for 10%). Overall, we show that farmers benefit economically from plant species diversity and that even a moderate increase in this diversity contributes to more stable grassland-based production. Thus, our results are highly relevant for future sustainable intensification of grassland-based production. |
英文关键词 | Species diversity Insurance value Risk Stability Sustainable intensification Biodiversity |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000501644000004 |
WOS关键词 | ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY ; INSURANCE VALUE ; BIODIVERSITY ; RISK ; MIXTURES ; STABILITY ; INCREASES ; RICHNESS ; QUALITY ; SYSTEMS |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/278943 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Agr Econ & Policy Grp, Sonneggstr 33, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland; 2.Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Grassland Sci Grp, Univ Str 2, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland; 3.Agroscope, Forage Prod & Grassland Syst, Reckenholzstr 191, CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Schaub, Sergei,Buchmann, Nina,Luscher, Andreas,et al. Economic benefits from plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2020,168. |
APA | Schaub, Sergei,Buchmann, Nina,Luscher, Andreas,&Finger, Robert.(2020).Economic benefits from plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,168. |
MLA | Schaub, Sergei,et al."Economic benefits from plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 168(2020). |
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