The Association of Natural, Social and Economic Factors with Bird Species Richness in Rural England
The Association of Natural, Social and Economic Factors with Bird Species Richness in Rural England
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自然、社会和经济因素与英格兰乡村鸟类物种丰富度的关联
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2006
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P. White
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M. Huby;S. Cinderby;A. Crowe;S. Gillings;C. McClean;D. Moran;A. Owen;P. White
在全球一级，对可持续发展的日益重视凸显了维持和加强生物多样性的重要性。在欧洲联盟内部，农业改革将在今后10至20年内对生物多样性、农业和农村社区之间的联系产生相当大的影响。了解生物多样性与农村经济之间的联系，对于制定促进环境上可持续的经济和社会福利的政策非常重要。然而，这种类型的调查经常受到收集自然科学和社会科学数据的不同方式的阻碍。在本文中，我们开发了一种使用公共空间单元组合数据的创新方法。我们通过研究鸟类物种丰富度、环境和社会经济变量之间的关系来说明这种方法的应用。我们的研究结果表明，生物多样性和环境因素之间的统计关系如何在当前的社会经济条件下得到加强和背景化。这个例子突出了可以从这种综合方法中获得的额外见解，特别是就它提出的关于农村环境的社会、物理和生态动态之间相互关系的问题而言。版权所有2006布莱克威尔出版有限公司
At a global level, increasing emphasis on sustainable development highlights the importance of maintaining and enhancing biodiversity. Within the European Union, agricultural reforms will have a considerable influence on the links between biodiversity, agriculture and rural communities over the next 10-20 years. An understanding of the associations between biodiversity and the rural economy is important for the development of policies to promote environmentally sustainable economic and social well-being. However, investigations of this type are frequently hindered by the different ways in which data in the natural and social sciences are collected. In this paper, we develop an innovative approach to combine data using a common spatial unit. We illustrate the application of this approach by examining associations between bird species richness, environmental and socio-economic variables. Our results show how the statistical relationship between biodiversity and environmental factors is strengthened and contextualised by prevailing socio-economic conditions. This example highlights the additional insights that can be gained from such an integrative approach, especially in terms of the questions it raises about the inter-relationships between the social, physical and ecological dynamics of rural environments. Copyright 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.