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Sun, 7 Jan 2018 20:16:07 -0800
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Charlie, please don't confuse generalities with specifics.

It is a true general statement that replacing a natural ecosystem with a
monoculture will displace the native species, and in some areas causes
species extinction.

It is a true specific statement that some natural ecosystems (such as the
grasslands that you mention) may contain few endangered species--refer to
the attached map.  And yes, some of those species may continue to exist in
the margins (but my statements were not about the margins--they applied to
the monculture land only).  And yes, changing grassland to mixed farmland
may actually increase biodiversity, just as there is a much greater
biodiversity of plant species in the L.A. basin urban areas than there was
before humans transformed the habitat with irrigation.  But that doesn't
mean that native species didn't go extinct then they couldn't adapt.

Thus, you can't paint the impact of agricultural land conversion across the
planet with a single brush.

Note how in the West and in Florida, land conversion would be far more
likely to impact threatened species than where you live.

Just as all beekeeping is local, the impacts of agricultural conversion are
also local.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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