TY - JOUR
T1 - Balancing food security, vertebrate biodiversity, and healthy rice agroecosystems in Southeast Asia
AU - Propper, Catherine R.
AU - Sedlock, Jodi L.
AU - Smedley, Richard E.
AU - Frith, Oliver
AU - Shuman-Goodier, Molly E.
AU - Grajal-Puche, Alejandro
AU - Stuart, Alexander M.
AU - Singleton, Grant R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Rice is the dominant food staple and an important economic resource throughout Asia. Lowland rice production also provides important wetland habitats in support of biodiversity that may provide ecosystem services back to the rice agroecosystems. This review summarizes the literature on the ecosystem benefits that amphibians, birds, bats, and rodents support in the context of the Southeast Asia rice agroecosystems. The literature provides evidence that these taxonomic groups contribute to cultural, regulatory, and provisioning services in support of smallholder farmers and may allow for economic benefits through reduced use of chemical inputs into crops. We encourage a multipronged research approach to bring stakeholders together to provide structured and scalable education programs that will lead to improved human and agroecosystem health through the promotion of understanding the positive feedbacks from biodiversity in these important agricultural wetland habitats.
AB - Rice is the dominant food staple and an important economic resource throughout Asia. Lowland rice production also provides important wetland habitats in support of biodiversity that may provide ecosystem services back to the rice agroecosystems. This review summarizes the literature on the ecosystem benefits that amphibians, birds, bats, and rodents support in the context of the Southeast Asia rice agroecosystems. The literature provides evidence that these taxonomic groups contribute to cultural, regulatory, and provisioning services in support of smallholder farmers and may allow for economic benefits through reduced use of chemical inputs into crops. We encourage a multipronged research approach to bring stakeholders together to provide structured and scalable education programs that will lead to improved human and agroecosystem health through the promotion of understanding the positive feedbacks from biodiversity in these important agricultural wetland habitats.
KW - Agroecosystems
KW - Ecosystem services
KW - Rice production
KW - Southeast Asia
KW - Vertebrate biodiversity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.crope.2023.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.crope.2023.11.005
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85185587125
SN - 2773-126X
VL - 3
SP - 43
EP - 50
JO - Crop and Environment
JF - Crop and Environment
IS - 1
ER -