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Performance indicator or ecosystem service |
Category of ecosystem service |
Web of Science: topic-specific search terms |
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Biodiversity |
Input and output † |
(“biodiversity” OR “biological diversity” OR “species
richness” OR “species abundance”)
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Soil quality |
Input, mitigation |
(“soil structure” OR “soil erosion” OR “soil organic matter” OR
“organic matter content” OR “carbon sequestration” OR “soil carbon”
OR “soil quality” OR “soil biological diversity” OR “soil biological
activity” OR “water-holding capacity” OR “porosity” OR
“permeability” OR “percolation” OR
“aggregation” OR “aggregate stability” OR “soil
erosion”)
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Nutrient management |
Input, mitigation |
(“nutrient management” OR “nitrogen management” OR “phosphorus management” OR “nutrient leaching” OR
“nitrogen leaching” OR “nitrate leaching” OR
“phosphorus leaching”)
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Water-holding capacity |
Input |
(“water-use efficiency” OR “water-holding capacity” OR
“porosity” OR “permeability” OR
“percolation”)
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Control of weeds |
Input |
(“pest control” OR “weed control” OR “weed suppression” OR
"weed management” OR “weed pressure” OR “weed
density”)
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Control of plant pathogens |
Input |
(“pathogens” OR “plant pathogens” OR “pest
control” OR “pathogen control” OR “pathogen suppression” OR “pathogen management” OR “disease management” OR “soil borne
pathogens”)
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Control of arthropod pests |
Input |
(“pest control” OR “pest management” OR “arthropod pest management” OR
"pest regulation” OR “biocontrol” OR “biological control” OR “conservation
biological control” OR “natural enemies” OR “beneficial
arthropods”
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Pollination services |
Input |
(“pollination” OR “ pollination services” OR “crop pollination")
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Carbon sequestration |
Mitigation |
(“carbon sequestration” OR “soil carbon” OR “carbon
capture” OR “green house gas emissions”)
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Energy-use efficiency and global warming potential |
Mitigation |
(“energy use” OR “energy consumption” OR “energy-use efficiency” OR
“energy” OR “green house gasses” OR “global
warming potential”)
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Resiliency to environmental disturbances: drought |
Adaptation |
(“resiliency” OR “stability” OR “adaptation” OR “environmental
disturbances” OR “extreme weather” OR
“drought”)
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Resiliency to environmental disturbances: hurricane and heavy
rainfall |
Adaptation |
(“resiliency” OR “stability” OR “adaptation” OR “environmental
disturbances” OR “extreme weather” OR
“hurricane”)
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Crop productivity/yield |
Output |
(“productivity” OR "yield”)
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Web of Science: common search terms |
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AND (“ecoagriculture” OR “sustainable agriculture” OR “agroecology” OR
"organic farming” OR “organic agriculture” OR “poly-culture” OR “diversified
farming system” OR “traditional farming systems” OR “intercropping” OR “crop
diversity” OR “multicropping” OR “agrobiodiversity” OR “hedgerow” OR
“insectary strip” OR “cover cropping” OR “crop
rotation” OR “no-till agriculture” OR “agroforestry” OR
“alley cropping” OR “livestock integration” OR “compost”
OR “green manure”)
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| † Biodiversity plays a fundamental role as an input to all other
ecosystem services, and is also a desirable cultural service that can be
produced by agroecosystems (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005).
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