The net return from animal activity in agro-ecosystems: trading off benefits from ecosystem services against costs from crop damage [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/3c4]

Animals provide benefits to agriculture through the provision of ecosystem services, but also inflict costs such as damaging crops. These benefits and costs are mostly examined independently, rather than comparing the trade-offs of animal activity in the same system and quantifying the net return fr...

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Main Author: Gary W Luck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2014-04-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:http://f1000research.com/articles/2-239/v2