Evaluating ecosystem services on farmland: a novel, experimental, 'bottom up' approach
dc.contributor.author | Wratten, Stephen D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cullen, Ross | |
dc.contributor.author | Sandhu, H. S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-13T03:16:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | Human life is supported by natural ecosystems and species that constitute them through conditions and processes which are known as ecosystem services or nature’s services. To date, ES value has been assessed using a ‘top-down’ approach, i.e., the economic value of 17 ES in 16 biomes was calculated by Costanza et al. (1997) to be in the range of US$16-54 trillion per year, with an annual average of US$33 trillion based on published studies, supported by a few original calculations, Pimentel et al. However, there is lack of detailed understanding of the ES associated with highly-modified or ‘engineered’ landscapes (Balmford et al., 2002). In contrast with the above mentioned broad, value transfer approaches, current work assesses three key ES (biological control of pests, soil formation, and mineralization of plant nutrients) experimentally and focuses on one sector of an engineered ecosystem, arable farming, and addresses both conventional and organic systems attributing dollar values to some of their key ES. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Foundation of Arable Research, FRST funded project (LINX0303). | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sandhu, H.S. Wrattens, S. and Cullen, R. (2005). Evaluating ecosystem services on farmland: A novel, experimental ‘bottom-up’ approach. IFOAM World Congress, Adelaide 20-23 September. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10182/4898 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | International Federation of Organic Cultural Movements | |
dc.relation | The original publication is available from - International Federation of Organic Cultural Movements | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © The Authors. | |
dc.source | IFOAM World Congress | en |
dc.subject | ecosystem services | en |
dc.subject | farmland | en |
dc.subject | arable farming | en |
dc.subject | organic | en |
dc.subject | agricultural land | en |
dc.subject | biodiversity | en |
dc.title | Evaluating ecosystem services on farmland: a novel, experimental, 'bottom up' approach | en |
dc.type | Conference Contribution - published | |
lu.contributor.unit | Lincoln University | |
lu.contributor.unit | Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences | |
lu.contributor.unit | Bio-Protection Research Centre | |
lu.contributor.unit | Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce | |
lu.contributor.unit | Department of Financial and Business Systems | |
lu.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-5168-8277 | |
lu.subtype | Conference Paper | en |
pubs.finish-date | 2005-09-20 | en |
pubs.notes | Paper presented at the IFOAM World Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 20-23 September 2005. | en |
pubs.publication-status | Published | en |
pubs.start-date | 2005-09-20 | en |
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