Abolition of set-aside schemes, associated impacts on habitat structure and modelling of potential effects of cross-farm regulation
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Abolition of set-aside schemes, associated impacts on habitat structure and modelling of potential effects of cross-farm regulation. / Levin, G.; Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck.
I: Ecological Modelling, Bind 221, Nr. 22, 2010, s. 2728-2737.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Abolition of set-aside schemes, associated impacts on habitat structure and modelling of potential effects of cross-farm regulation
AU - Levin, G.
AU - Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In intensively farmed regions, habitat fragmentation represents a major pressure on biodiversity. Depending on its spatial setting, set-aside land can increase size and connectivity of habitats and thus counteract fragmentation. In 2008, the EU-wide set-aside obligation was suspended and a large proportion of set-aside land was re-cultivated. With Denmark as case we apply an indicator to measure the effect of set-aside land on spatial structure of semi-natural habitats in term of habitat size and connectivity. Furthermore, we model effects of a hypothetical spatial regulation, where set-aside land with the greatest benefit for habitat structure is retained as uncultivated, while set-aside land with the least effect is re-cultivated. The model is applied to individual farms and to farm agglomerations of increasing sizes, enabling us to explore potential effects of cross-farm regulation. The novelty of our approach is the application of observed land-uses changes for modelling a hypothetical regulation working on a range of spatial scales. Results show that after abolition of set-aside schemes the effect of set-aside land on habitat structure was more than halved. Modelled spatial regulation considerably reduces impacts. Effects increase with increasing size of farm agglomerations. However, marginal benefits become negligible at agglomeration sizes over 36 km(2). (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
AB - In intensively farmed regions, habitat fragmentation represents a major pressure on biodiversity. Depending on its spatial setting, set-aside land can increase size and connectivity of habitats and thus counteract fragmentation. In 2008, the EU-wide set-aside obligation was suspended and a large proportion of set-aside land was re-cultivated. With Denmark as case we apply an indicator to measure the effect of set-aside land on spatial structure of semi-natural habitats in term of habitat size and connectivity. Furthermore, we model effects of a hypothetical spatial regulation, where set-aside land with the greatest benefit for habitat structure is retained as uncultivated, while set-aside land with the least effect is re-cultivated. The model is applied to individual farms and to farm agglomerations of increasing sizes, enabling us to explore potential effects of cross-farm regulation. The novelty of our approach is the application of observed land-uses changes for modelling a hypothetical regulation working on a range of spatial scales. Results show that after abolition of set-aside schemes the effect of set-aside land on habitat structure was more than halved. Modelled spatial regulation considerably reduces impacts. Effects increase with increasing size of farm agglomerations. However, marginal benefits become negligible at agglomeration sizes over 36 km(2). (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
KW - Set-aside land
KW - Habitat structure
KW - Spatial structure indicator
KW - Land-use change
KW - Land-use modelling
KW - Cross-farm regulation
KW - AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES
KW - BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
KW - SPECIES RICHNESS
KW - DIVERSITY
KW - LAND
KW - HETEROGENEITY
KW - POPULATIONS
KW - COOPERATION
KW - INCENTIVES
KW - INTENSITY
M3 - Journal article
VL - 221
SP - 2728
EP - 2737
JO - Ecological Modelling
JF - Ecological Modelling
SN - 0304-3800
IS - 22
ER -
ID: 34517348