Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| Title (Primary) | Die mitteldeutsche Agrarlandschaft - wie gehen wir damit um? |
| Author | Mühle, H. |
| Source Titel | Peckiana |
| Year | 2001 |
| Department | NSF; PB NLLR |
| Volume | 1 |
| Page From | 61 |
| Page To | 68 |
| Language | deutsch |
| Abstract | The agricultural landscape In Central Germany - how to manage It? - Because of its highly fertile soils, the (relatively) dry region in Central Germany has been used for agricultural purposes for hundreds of years. Since the early 1950s, agricultural activities have become more intensive, leading to formation of large fields and a landscape characterised by very few woods, hedges and tree-lined avenues. This paper presents assessment results of the following important landscape functions: soil erosion, water retention and productivity. These functions are evaluated by means of an optimisation procedure that works out a compromise between the functions. It is intended to change land use on about 7 % of the whole area (4240 ha) from intensive to more extensive management, or to exclude parts of it from agricultural cultivation altogether. The following concept of landscape planning proposes a division of large fields with new copses, hedges, field edges or lanes. These measures would increase the biological diversity, requiring a reduction of the productivity of arable land only by 4 %. The costs of new structures in the agricultural landscape are assessed. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=6627 |
| Mühle, H. (2001): Die mitteldeutsche Agrarlandschaft - wie gehen wir damit um? Peckiana 1 , 61 - 68 |
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