¿Qué son los agroecosistemas? ¿Qué es la intensificación ecológica? ¿Cuál es la relación actual entre biodiversidad y agricultura? ¿Todos los agroecosistemas protegen igual a la biodiversidad? ¿Qué puede aportar a la transición ecológica un campo experimental de Villalgordo del Júcar (Albacete)?

Conversamos acerca de estas cuestiones y otras con el Dr. Félix Picazo, investigador postdoctoral del Departamento de Ecología/Unidad de excelencia Modeling Nature (Universidad de Granada).

Recomendación de Félix Picazo:

- “Ecomandanga”: https://ecomandanga.org/

Referencias aportadas por Félix Picazo:

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2. Grange G., Finn J.A. & Brophy C. (2021). Plant diversity enhanced yield and mitigated drought impacts in intensively managed grassland communities. Journal of Applied Ecology 58, 1864–1875. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13894
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6. Jones M.S., Fu Z., Reganold J.P., Karp D.S., Besser T.E., Tylianakis J.M., et al. (2019). Organic farming promotes biotic resistance to foodborne human pathogens. Journal of Applied Ecology 56, 1117–1127. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13365
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9. Paredes D., Rosenheim J.A., Chaplin-Kramer R., Winter S. & Karp D.S. (2021). Landscape simplification increases vineyard pest outbreaks and insecticide use. Ecology Letters 24, 73–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13622
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11. Sawe T., Eldegard K., Totland Ø., Macrice S. & Nielsen A. (2020). Enhancing pollination is more effective than increased conventional agriculture inputs for improving watermelon yields. Ecology and Evolution 10, 5343–5353. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6278
12. Terrer C., Phillips R.P., Hungate B.A., Rosende J., Pett-Ridge J., Craig M.E., et al. (2021). A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO 2. Nature 591, 599–603. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03306-8