Preserving local biodiversity through crop diversification

Strobl, Eric (2021). Preserving local biodiversity through crop diversification. American journal of agricultural economics, 104(3), pp. 1140-1174. Wiley 10.1111/ajae.12265

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Using the case study of birds and food crops, we investigate whether diversifying crop production can enhance preservation of local biodiversity. To this end we combine annual bird survey data, high resolution land use data, and phylogenetic trees to create a landscape level panel data set covering the conterminous United States for over a decade. Our econometric analysis shows that greater local food crop hetereogeneity increases local avian diversity, although this is spatially limited. Supplementary county level data provides evidence that more food crop diversity is unlikely to be at the cost of lower revenues.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics

UniBE Contributor:

Strobl, Eric Albert

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

ISSN:

1467-8276

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Dino Collalti

Date Deposited:

07 Feb 2022 11:55

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:04

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/ajae.12265

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/164670

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/164670

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