Reconciling agricultural production with biodiversity conservation - Grand Format

More intensive, monocultural agriculture has been associated with a decline in diversity of habitat and plant species which leads to corresponding declines in diversity of insect, bird and mammal species. There is mounting evidence that a more biodiverse landscape improves ecosystem services which benefits farmers. Reconciling agricultural production with biodiversity conservation provides an authoritative review of current biodiversity conservation practices, including field margins, agroforestry systems, hedgerows and improved pasture and grassland management.

The collection additionally summarises the theoretical framework that underpins biodiversity conservation in agriculture, dedicating chapters to key developments in areas such as landscape approaches, mapping and modelling diversity, as well as ways of assessing the economic value of biodiversity conservation practices. With its distinguished editors and chapter authors, Reconciling agricultural production with biodiversity conservation will be a standard reference for university researchers in agroecology, agronomy, integrated pest management (IPM), conservation and environmental science.

It will also be relevant to government and other agencies supporting wildlife conservation in agriculture.