Open AccessComplexity of ecosystem services in agricultural fields, in particular the biodiversity
Author(s) -
Ibolya Csíder
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta agraria debreceniensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2416-1640
DOI - 10.34101/actaagrar/63/1833
Subject(s) - biodiversity , ecosystem services , ecosystem , agriculture , convention on biological diversity , agricultural biodiversity , ecological health , environmental resource management , business , ecosystem diversity , ecosystem health , value (mathematics) , environmental planning , environmental science , ecology , computer science , biology , machine learning
Since the Convention on Biological Diversity a lot of papers have been published how to measure and value biodiversity. In the last decades publications on agro-ecosystems become more frequent and play a significant role in the provision of ecosystem services. There is a uniform definition for biodiversity in general, however, in terms of agro-ecosystems and their services (including biodiversity) many weaknesses can be identified. The objective of this paper is to explore some of these problems with special regard to different definitions and terms and to the farmland ecosystem services. One solution could be to adopt a more complex system which has some ecological and environmental components (air, water and soil pollution) and also takes in to consideration the efficiency of agricultural production.