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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A box quadrat for standardised sampling of Orthoptera in open habitats: Design, handling, applications and baseline data

Global Ecology and Conservation
Globally, insects are declining at an alarming rate. Therefore, there is an urgent need for standardised monitoring methods to detect changes in insect populations at an early stage.
Thomas Fartmann, Felix Maximilian Freienstein, Felix Helbing, Gwydion Scherer, Dominik Poniatowski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing island biogeography: improving identification of potential species pools via environmental filtering

Scientific Reports
A successful theory in ecology is the equilibrium species numbers on islands. Most of it is about the total number of species on “islands” (sensu lato), ignoring complications like species identities, history, and environmental differences. We propose an
Claudia Nuñez-Penichet, Jorge Soberón, Marlon E. Cobos, Fernando Machado-Stredel, A. Townsend Peterson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complete mitochondrial genome of Anthus richardi (Passeriformes: Motacillidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in northern Asia with a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Longfei Wang, Yuanqiu Dong, Jun Xuan, Fengling Zhang, Rong Fu, Gang Liu, Xingjia Xiang, Lizhi Zhou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uninvited guests: diversity and specificity of Trypanosoma infections in frog-biting midges (Corethrella spp.)

Parasites & Vectors
Background Female frog-biting midges (Corethrella) are hematophagous micropredators that feed on frogs and serve as vectors for trypanosomes (Trypanosoma), unicellular flagellate parasites.
Maximilian Sigl, Jonas Virgo, Ulmar Grafe, Jonas Henske, Maximilian Schweinsberg, Thomas Eltz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complete mitochondrial genome of Accipiter trivirgatus

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Crested goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus) is a diurnal raptor tropical Asia which is a bird species in family Accipitridae. In the present study, we determined its complete mitochondrial genome by PCR-based method.
Fengling Zhang, Lizhi Zhou, Yuanqiu Dong, Yunwei Song   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source