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  • Data for study Conventional land-use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta-analysis
  • Beckmann, Michael; Department Computational Landscape Ecology, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
    Gerstner, Katharina; iDiv – German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Germany
    Akin-Fajiye, Morodoluwa; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
    Ceausu, Silvia; Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
    Kambach, Stephan; Leipzip University, Leipzig, Germany
    Kinlock, Nicole L.; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, USA
    Phillips, Helen R.P.; Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
    Verhagen, Willem; Environmental Geography Group, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Gurevitch, Jessica; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, USA
    Klotz, Stefan; Department of Community Ecology, UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle (Saale), Germany
    Newbold, Tim; Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
    Verburg, Peter H.; Environmental Geography Group, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Winter, Martin; Leipzip University, Leipzig, Germany
    Seppelt, Ralf; Institute of Geoscience & Geography, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
  • 2020-06-03
  • Beckmann, M., K. Gerstner, M. Akin-Fajiye, S. Ceausu, S. Kambach, N.L. Kinlock, H.R. Phillips, W. Verhagen, J. Gurevitch, S. Klotz, T. Newbold, P.H. Verburg, M. Winter, and R. Seppelt. 2020. Data for study Conventional land-use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta-analysis ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-28).

  • Most current research on land‐use intensification addresses its potential to either threaten biodiversity or to boost agricultural production. However, little is known about the simultaneous effects of intensification on biodiversity and yield. To determine the responses of species richness and yield to conventional intensification, this dataset was created and a global meta‐analysis on it was carried out, thus synthesizing 115 studies. The dataset consists of 449 cases that cover a variety of areas used for agricultural (crops, fodder) and silvicultural (wood) production. It was found that across all production systems and species groups, conventional intensification is successful in increasing yield (grand mean + 20.3%), but it also results in a loss of species richness (−8.9%). However, analysis of sub‐groups revealed inconsistent results. Within high‐intensity systems species losses were non‐significant but yield gains were substantial (+15.2%). Conventional intensification within medium intensity systems revealed the highest yield increase (+84.9%) and showed the largest loss in species richness (−22.9%). Production systems differed in their magnitude of richness response, with insignificant changes in silvicultural systems and substantial losses in crop systems (−21.2%). In addition, this meta‐analysis identifies a lack of studies that collect robust biodiversity (i.e. beyond species richness) and yield data at the same sites and that provide quantitative information on land‐use intensity. These findings suggest that, in many cases, conventional land‐use intensification drives a trade‐off between species richness and production. However, species richness losses were often not significantly different from zero, suggesting even conventional intensification can result in yield increases without coming at the expense of biodiversity loss. These results, which were published in a paper titled Conventional land‐use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta‐analysis, could guide future research to close existing research gaps, and to understand the circumstances required to achieve such win‐win or win‐no‐harm situations in conventional agriculture.

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