Abstract
Using the case study of birds and food crops, we investigate whether diversifying crop production can enhance preservation of local biodiversity. To this end we combine annual bird survey data, high resolution land use data, and phylogenetic trees to create a landscape level panel data set covering the conterminous United States for over a decade. Our econometric analysis shows that greater local food crop hetereogeneity increases local avian diversity, although this is spatially limited. Supplementary county level data provides evidence that more food crop diversity is unlikely to be at the cost of lower revenues.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1140-1174 |
Number of pages | 35 |
Journal | American Journal of Agricultural Economics |
Volume | 104 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 5 Oct 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author. American Journal of Agricultural Economics published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.
Keywords
- biodiversity
- birds
- food crops
- phylogenetic diversity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Economics and Econometrics