2007/02/21 by Anne Teyssèdre, Denis Couvet · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Land Use and Ecosystem Services #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
paper · doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2007.01.003
openalex publication_date 2007/02/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Agriculture expansion is a major cause of the current biodiversity decline. From the knowledge of the average bird densities in the terrestrial biomes, and using forecasts of biome conversions associated to agriculture expansion between 1990 and 2050, we estimate that these conversions would reduce by 8 to 26% the global avifauna, in number of individuals, depending on socio-economic scenarios and farmland management. Then, adding these values to previous estimates, we estimate that 27-44% of the bird species could be lost due to agriculture expansion from Neolithic to 2050.