week4 - biodiversity conservation in fields and forests

pdf of the power point presentation (week 4)

Is agriculture compatible with biodiversity conservation? What are agri-environment schemes and are they effective? Why are many species once commonly found in farmland now declining? Are managed or unmanaged forests better for biodiversity conservation? What about plantations of exotic tree species? Deforestation, carbon sequestration and biodiversity.

• Wendy Fjellstad, Klaus Mittenzwei, Wenche Dramstad & Eva Øvren (2009) Landscape protection as a tool for managing agricultural landscapes in Norway. Environmental Science & Policy 12, 8: 1144-1152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2009.01.009
• Jean-Yves Humbert, Jaboury Ghazoul & Thomas Walter (2009) Meadow harvesting techniques and their impacts on field fauna. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 130: 1-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2008.11.014
• Christopher P. Quine & Jonathan W. Humphrey (2010) Plantations of exotic tree species in Britain: irrelevant for biodiversity or novel habitat for native species? Biodiversity and Conservation, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-009-9771-7
• Yoan Paillet et al. (2010) Biodiversity differences between managed and unmanaged forests: meta-analysis of species richness in Europe. Conservation Biology 24: 101-112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01399.x
• Bernardo B. N. Strassburg et al. (2010) Global congruence of carbon storage and biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. Conservation Letters, in press http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2009.00092.x

Links

• British Trees - Identification Guide of the Woodland Trust
  • Tree Pages by Philip Brassett
• International Dendrology Society
  • Biodiversity Action Plan for Agriculture (European Commission)

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