2015
DOI: 10.5751/es-06875-200138
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Ecosystem service trade-offs, perceived drivers, and sustainability in contrasting agroecosystems in central Mexico

Abstract: ABSTRACT. The ability of agroecosystems to provide food ultimately depends on the regulating and supporting ecosystem services that underpin their functioning, such as the regulation of soil quality, water quality, soil erosion, pests, and pollinators. However, there are trade-offs between provisioning and regulating or supporting services, whose nature at the farm and plot scales is poorly understood. We analyzed data at the farm level for two agroecosystems with contrasting objectives in central Mexico: one … Show more

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“…For step 2 of the protocol, i.e., deriving the PPF, the framework can be used for a quantitative analysis with mathematical models (e.g., Nelson et al 2009) or empirical data (e.g., González-Esquivel et al 2015). Alternatively, we believe that using the framework for hypothetical or graphical analysis, as we did in the workshop, may also be instrumental in understanding conflicts and visualizing solutions.…”
Section: Using the Framework In Participatory Planning And Conflict Rmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For step 2 of the protocol, i.e., deriving the PPF, the framework can be used for a quantitative analysis with mathematical models (e.g., Nelson et al 2009) or empirical data (e.g., González-Esquivel et al 2015). Alternatively, we believe that using the framework for hypothetical or graphical analysis, as we did in the workshop, may also be instrumental in understanding conflicts and visualizing solutions.…”
Section: Using the Framework In Participatory Planning And Conflict Rmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3, curves A and C). Intermediate regions that hold a mosaic of valley bottoms with fertile soils and hills that host endemic biodiversity are found in central Mexico (González-Esquivel et al 2015; Fig. 3, curve B).…”
Section: Challenging Situation 4: Spatial and Scale-dependent Variatimentioning
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“…Their analysis reveals that currently feasible management and technological shifts would both increase the production of corn and enhance water quality. In Mexican agroecological systems studied by González-Esquivel et al (2015), provisioning services in terms of staple crop production for self-subsistence and local markets, on the one hand, and avocado cash crops for the export market, on the other hand, trade off with soil quality, pest and pollinator regulation, water quality, and biodiversity. The study reveals that management decisions of farmers are driven largely by export markets, costs of agricultural inputs, and climatic factors but not by negative consequences of management practices for regulating services or biodiversity.…”
Section: Empirical Case Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Meeting the dramatic growth in the demand for the provision of food, timber, fiber and fuel often leads to a diminution or loss of the supply of other ecosystem services, such as the maintenance of soil fertility, water quality, pest control, and pollination [2,3]. In turn, there are 'burdens' upon intensive agroecosystem that has harmful effects, leading to a decline in biodiversity and threatening the environment [4,5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%