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Palatnik, Ruslana Rachel; Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.. |
It is clear that climate change involves changes in temperature and precipitation and therefore directly affects land productivity. However, this is not the only channel for climatic change to affect agro-systems. Biodiversity is subject to climatic fluctuations and in turn may alter land productivity too. Firstly, biodiversity is an input into agro-ecosystems. Secondly, biodiversity supports the functioning of these systems (e.g. the balancing of the nutrient cycle). Thirdly, agro-systems also host important wildlife species which, though not always, play a functional role in land productivity, nonetheless constitute important sources of landscape amenities. The present paper illustrates a unique attempt to economically assess this additional effect... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Climate Change; Biodiversity; Agro-Ecosystems; Agribusiness; D58; Q54; Q57. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98096 |
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