RT Book,_Section
T1 Modelling and optimising associated biodiversity in alley cropping systems
A1 Santos, Mário
A1 Gonçalves, Berta
A1 Mosquera Losada, María Rosa
A2 Mosquera Losada, María Rosa
A2 Martin, Ladislau
A2 Pantera, Anastasia
A2 Chatrchyan, Allison
AB Agricultural intensification, as well as the abandonment of traditional agriculture  practices, can result in reduced biodiversity and ecosystem services that are  difficult to reverse because of the long-time lags characterising the dynamics of socio-ecological systems (Santos et al., 2022b). Societal and ecological  mechanisms interact, generating changes in biological communities and  degradation of ecosystem functions that are misunderstood and, at a human  generation time-scale, mostly irreversible. Our modelling approach complements previous work relating to  agroforestry, management and biodiversity conservation. The  simple demonstration, supported by partial contributions for overall diversity, reinforces the idea that agroforestry (in our case study, alley cropping) seems critical to halt biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes. Despite the limitations inherent to a preliminary modelling exercise, the methodology developed provides a tarting point to anticipate the changes in associated biodiversity  induced by farmer choices and management options, guiding pertinent future strategies to integrate crop production with nature.
PB Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
SN 978-1-80146-721-6
SN 2059-6936
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45576
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45576
LA eng
NO Santos, M., Gonçalves, B., Mosquera-Losada, M. R., Modelling and optimising associated biodiversity in alley cropping systems in Mosquera-Losada, M. R., Martin, L., Pantera, A., Chatrchyan, A. (2025), Advances in temperate agroforestry, pp. 247–276
DS Minerva
RD 17 abr 2026