Search Results - "Luisa Paracchini, Maria"
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Mapping ecosystem services for policy support and decision making in the European Union
Published in Ecosystem services (01-07-2012)“…Mainstreaming ecosystem services into policy and decision making is dependent on the availability of spatially explicit information on the state and trends of…”
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A classification of European agricultural land using an energy-based intensity indicator and detailed crop description
Published in Landscape and urban planning (01-06-2020)“…•We classified EU agricultural land combining data on crops and land-use intensity.•We used spatially explicit census data covering 63 individual crops at grid…”
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More green infrastructure is required to maintain ecosystem services under current trends in land-use change in Europe
Published in Landscape ecology (01-03-2015)“…Green infrastructure (GI), a network of nature, semi-natural areas and green space, delivers essential ecosystem services which underpin human well-being and…”
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Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in Europe
Published in Land use policy (01-04-2019)“…Agroforestry, relative to conventional agriculture, contributes significantly to carbon sequestration, increases a range of regulating ecosystem services, and…”
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Landscape features support natural pest control and farm income when pesticide application is reduced
Published in Nature communications (25-06-2024)“…Future trajectories of agricultural productivity need to incorporate environmental targets, including the reduction of pesticides use. Landscape features…”
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Low‐intensity agriculture increases farmland bird abundances in France
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-12-2010)“…1. Farmland biodiversity continues to decline mainly because of agricultural intensification and land abandonment. Agri‐environment schemes can be designed to…”
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Mapping recreational visits and values of European National Parks by combining statistical modelling and unit value transfer
Published in Journal for nature conservation (01-06-2016)“…Recreation is a major ecosystem service and an important co-benefit of nature conservation. The recreational value of National Parks (NPs) can be a strong…”
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Linking Land Cover Data and Crop Yields for Mapping and Assessment of Pollination Services in Europe
Published in Land (Basel) (01-09-2013)“…Pollination is a key ecosystem service as many crops but in particular, fruits and vegetables are partially dependent on pollinating insects to produce food…”
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Preventing biotic homogenization of farmland bird communities: The role of High Nature Value farmland
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (15-02-2012)“…► Biotic homogenization is observed in French agroecosystems. ► In High Nature Value farmland this phenomenon is potentially refrained. ► Farmland Bird…”
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A new view on EU agricultural landscapes: Quantifying patchiness to assess farmland heterogeneity
Published in Ecological indicators (01-02-2016)“…•We create a qualitative remote sensing based indicator for farmland heterogeneity.•A combination of spectral and textural data is improving the…”
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Pan-European distribution modelling of stream riparian zones based on multi-source Earth Observation data
Published in Ecological indicators (01-01-2013)“…Freshwater ecosystems are among the most degraded and threatened globally. A need for systematic assessment of riverine habitats is thus well-documented…”
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Monitoring recreation across European nature areas: A geo-database of visitor counts, a review of literature and a call for a visitor counting reporting standard
Published in Journal of outdoor recreation and tourism (01-06-2017)“…Nature recreation and tourism is a substantial ecosystem service of Europe's countryside that has a substantial economic value and contributes considerably to…”
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Evidence library of meta-analytical literature assessing the sustainability of agriculture – a dataset
Published in Scientific data (07-09-2024)“…In the last two decades, an exponentially growing number of meta-analyses (MAs) synthesize thousands of peer-reviewed studies on the environmental impacts of…”
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The Integrated system for Natural Capital Accounting (INCA) in Europe: twelve lessons learned from empirical ecosystem service accounting
Published in One ecosystem : ecology and sustainability data journal (16-09-2022)“…The Integrated system for Natural Capital Accounting (INCA) was developed and supported by the European Commission to test and implement the System of…”
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Ecosystem service supply by European landscapes under alternative land-use and environmental policies
Published in International journal of biodiversity science, ecosystems services & management (01-01-2017)“…The European Union (EU) 2020 Biodiversity strategy aims at guaranteeing and enhancing the future supply of ecosystem services ('ES') in the member states. In…”
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Assessing the ability of rural agrarian areas to provide cultural ecosystem services (CES): A multi scale social indicator framework (MSIF)
Published in Land use policy (01-05-2016)“…•This work develops a Multi Scale Indicator Framework (MSIF).•MSIF is able to include Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) such as aesthetics into multi scale…”
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Environmentalism and localism in agricultural and land-use policies can maintain food production while supporting biodiversity. Findings from simulations of contrasting scenarios in the EU
Published in Land use policy (01-09-2019)“…•We simulate 4 different landuse and agricultural policy scenarios in Europe at 2040.•Further liberalization of agriculture will increase efficiency but…”
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Ecosystem services classification: A systems ecology perspective of the cascade framework
Published in Ecological indicators (01-03-2017)“…•Different ecosystem service definitions and interpretations create too much ambiguity.•The cascade model is used as framework, and Systems Ecology as…”
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Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in European stream riparian zones
Published in Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology (2014)“…Riparian zones, transitional environments between terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, have been historically threatened in Europe by land reclamation and…”
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Mapping cultural ecosystem services: A framework to assess the potential for outdoor recreation across the EU
Published in Ecological indicators (01-10-2014)“…•The Recreation Opportunity Spectrum approach is adapted to map outdoor recreation as cultural ecosystem service at continental level in Europe.•The described…”
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