Land use dynamics within the tallgrass prairie ecosystem: the case for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

Land use dynamics within the tallgrass prairie ecosystem: the case for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

Tallgrass prairie has been reduced to a fraction of its original extent, due to rapid conversion to other land use types, especially agricultural and urban. Restoration is a relatively new process to convert agricultural land back to communities dominated by native vegetation. We used a differential...

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Published in:Theoretical ecology Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 289 - 300
Main Authors: Berger, Heidi, Meyer, Clinton K., Mummert, Anna, Tirado, Lauren, Saucedo, Luis, Bonello, Hannah, Van Arsdale, Demetre, Williams, Grace
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-09-2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Conservation
Differential equations
Ecosystems
Human populations
Incentives
Land use
Life Sciences
Original Paper
Parameter sensitivity
Plant Sciences
Prairies
Restoration
Sensitivity analysis
Theoretical Ecology/Statistics
Urban agriculture
Zoology
Human impact on ecosystem
Midwest
Ecosystem model
Parameter estimation
Sensitivity analysis
Prairie restoration
Differential equations model
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Summary:Tallgrass prairie has been reduced to a fraction of its original extent, due to rapid conversion to other land use types, especially agricultural and urban. Restoration is a relatively new process to convert agricultural land back to communities dominated by native vegetation. We used a differential equations compartmental model to quantify changes between land use types, incorporating the impact of human population within the Midwestern tallgrass prairie ecosystem. We considered transitions between native prairie, prairie restored through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), agricultural, and urban land. We used historical data to determine parameter ranges. Sensitivity analyses emphasize the importance of increasing incentives for CRP enrollment as a means to restoring the tallgrass prairie ecosystem.
ISSN:1874-1738
1874-1746
DOI:10.1007/s12080-020-00452-z