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Metapopulations in Agricultural Landscapes: A Spatially Explicit Trade-off Analysis |
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| Authors: | Rolf Groeneveld Carla Grashof-Bokdam Ekko van Ierland |
| Institution: | 1. Agricultural Economics Research Institute , The Hague, the Netherlands;2. Department of Landscape Ecology , Alterra Green World Research , Wageningen, the Netherlands;3. Wageningen University, Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group , Wageningen, the Netherlands |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a spatially explicit trade-off analysis of species conservation in agricultural areas. A spatially explicit model is presented that integrates an applied metapopulation model with a farm management model. The model is used to calculate production possibilities frontiers of net monetary benefits from agriculture and conservation of three species with different habitats. Simulations of spatial habitat allocation under European agri-environment schemes are compared to these production possibilities frontiers. The results suggest that the cost-effectiveness of current conservation policies may be greatly enhanced if the spatial dimension is considered explicitly. |
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