Search Results - "Seppelt, Ralf"

Global impacts of future cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets and biodiversity by Zabel, Florian, Delzeit, Ruth, Schneider, Julia M., Seppelt, Ralf, Mauser, Wolfram, Václavík, Tomáš

“…With rising demand for biomass, cropland expansion and intensification represent the main strategies to boost agricultural production, but are also major…”
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Distinguishing anthropogenic and natural contributions to coproduction of national crop yields globally by Schröter, Matthias, Egli, Lukas, Brüning, Lilith, Seppelt, Ralf

“…Crop production is a crucial ecosystem service that requires a combination of natural and anthropogenic contributions to high and stable yields, which is a…”
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Spatial and temporal trends of global pollination benefit by Lautenbach, Sven, Seppelt, Ralf, Liebscher, Juliane, Dormann, Carsten F

“…Pollination is a well-studied and at the same time a threatened ecosystem service. A significant part of global crop production depends on or profits from…”
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A quantitative review of ecosystem service studies: approaches, shortcomings and the road ahead by Seppelt, Ralf, Dormann, Carsten F., Eppink, Florian V., Lautenbach, Sven, Schmidt, Stefan

“…1. Ecosystem services are defined as the benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems. Employing the ecosystem service concept is intended to support the…”
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Priorities to Advance Monitoring of Ecosystem Services Using Earth Observation by Cord, Anna F., Brauman, Kate A., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Huth, Andreas, Ziv, Guy, Seppelt, Ralf

“…Managing ecosystem services in the context of global sustainability policies requires reliable monitoring mechanisms. While satellite Earth observation offers…”
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Integrating ecosystem service bundles and socio-environmental conditions – A national scale analysis from Germany by Dittrich, Andreas, Seppelt, Ralf, Václavík, Tomáš, Cord, Anna F.

“…•Blueprint approach to analyse ecosystem service bundles (ESB).•ESBs linked to underlying socio-environmental conditions.•ESBs dominated by provisioning ES…”
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Uncertainty of Monetary Valued Ecosystem Services - Value Transfer Functions for Global Mapping by Schmidt, Stefan, Manceur, Ameur M, Seppelt, Ralf

“…Growing demand of resources increases pressure on ecosystem services (ES) and biodiversity. Monetary valuation of ES is frequently seen as a decision-support…”
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Conventional land‐use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: A global meta‐analysis by Beckmann, Michael, Gerstner, Katharina, Akin‐Fajiye, Morodoluwa, Ceaușu, Silvia, Kambach, Stephan, Kinlock, Nicole L., Phillips, Helen R. P., Verhagen, Willem, Gurevitch, Jessica, Klotz, Stefan, Newbold, Tim, Verburg, Peter H., Winter, Marten, Seppelt, Ralf

“…Most current research on land‐use intensification addresses its potential to either threaten biodiversity or to boost agricultural production. However, little…”
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More farms, less specialized landscapes, and higher crop diversity stabilize food supplies by Egli, Lukas, Mehrabi, Zia, Seppelt, Ralf

“…Abstract Theoretical and empirical studies show increased diversity in crops, supply chains, and markets helps stabilize food systems. At the same time global…”
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Connectivity conservation planning through deep reinforcement learning by Equihua, Julián, Beckmann, Michael, Seppelt, Ralf

“…Abstract The United Nations has declared 2021–2030 the decade on ecosystem restoration with the aim of preventing, stopping and reversing the degradation of…”
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Why smallholders stop engaging in forest activities: The role of in-migration in livelihood transitions in forested landscapes of southwestern Ethiopia by Groth, Juliane, Seppelt, Ralf, Sakdapolrak, Patrick, Senbeta, Feyera, Hermans, Kathleen

“…Forest decline and degradation are particularly high in the tropics and pose a risk to those who depend on forest resources. The in-migration of smallholders…”
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Agriculture and food security under a changing climate: An underestimated challenge by Seppelt, Ralf, Klotz, Stefan, Peiter, Edgar, Volk, Martin

“…Pathways to eradicate global hunger while bending the curve of biodiversity loss unanimously suggest changing to less energy-rich diets, closing yield gaps…”
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When, Where, and How Nature Matters for Ecosystem Services: Challenges for the Next Generation of Ecosystem Service Models by RIEB, JESSE T., CHAPLIN-KRAMER, REBECCA, DAILY, GRETCHEN C., ARMSWORTH, PAUL R., BÖHNING-GAESE, KATRIN, BONN, ALETTA, CUMMING, GRAEME S., EIGENBROD, FELIX, GRIMM, VOLKER, JACKSON, BETHANNA M., MARQUES, ALEXANDRA, PATTANAYAK, SUBHRENDU K., PEREIRA, HENRIQUE M., PETERSON, GARRY D., RICKETTS, TAYLOR H., ROBINSON, BRIAN E., SCHRÖTER, MATTHIAS, SCHULTE, LISA A., SEPPELT, RALF, TURNER, MONICA G., BENNETT, ELENA M.

“…Many decision-makers are looking to science to clarify how nature supports human well-being. Scientists’ responses have typically focused on empirical models…”
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Consequences of multiple imputation of missing standard deviations and sample sizes in meta‐analysis by Kambach, Stephan, Bruelheide, Helge, Gerstner, Katharina, Gurevitch, Jessica, Beckmann, Michael, Seppelt, Ralf

“…Meta‐analyses often encounter studies with incompletely reported variance measures (e.g., standard deviation values) or sample sizes, both needed to conduct…”
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An open-access global database of meta-analyses investigating yield and biodiversity responses to different management practices by Takola, Elina, Bonfanti, Jonathan, Seppelt, Ralf, Beckmann, Michael

“…We here present a database of evidence on the impact of agricultural management practices on biodiversity and yield. This database is the result of a…”
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Crop diversity effects on temporal agricultural production stability across European regions by Egli, Lukas, Schröter, Matthias, Scherber, Christoph, Tscharntke, Teja, Seppelt, Ralf

“…Stabilizing agricultural production is fundamental to food security. At the national level, increasing the effective diversity of cultivated crops has been…”
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How does nature contribute to human mobility? A conceptual framework and qualitative analysis by Wiederkehr, Charlotte, Schröter, Matthias, Adams, Helen, Seppelt, Ralf, Hermans, Kathleen

“…Different types of mobility are known as longstanding strategies used by humans to deal with environmental pressure. Immobility is relevant in this context as…”
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Synchronized peak-rate years of global resources use by Seppelt, Ralf, Manceur, Ameur M., Liu, Jianguo, Fenichel, Eli P., Klotz, Stefan

“…Many separate studies have estimated the year of peak, or maximum, rate of using an individual resource such as oil. However, no study has estimated the year…”
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Assumptions in ecosystem service assessments: Increasing transparency for conservation by Schröter, Matthias, Crouzat, Emilie, Hölting, Lisanne, Massenberg, Julian, Rode, Julian, Hanisch, Mario, Kabisch, Nadja, Palliwoda, Julia, Priess, Jörg A., Seppelt, Ralf, Beckmann, Michael

“…Conservation efforts are increasingly supported by ecosystem service assessments. These assessments depend on complex multi-disciplinary methods, and rely on a…”
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Aligning agri-environmental subsidies and environmental needs: a comparative analysis between the US and EU by Biffi, Sofia, Traldi, Rebecca, Crezee, Bart, Beckmann, Michael, Egli, Lukas, Epp Schmidt, Dietrich, Motzer, Nicole, Okumah, Murat, Seppelt, Ralf, Louise Slabbert, Eleonore, Tiedeman, Kate, Wang, Haoluan, Ziv, Guy

“…Abstract The global recognition of modern agricultural practices’ impact on the environment has fuelled policy responses to ameliorate environmental…”
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