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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Galán del Castillo, Elena author Padró i Caminal, Roc author Marco Lafuente, Inés author Tello, Enric author Cunfer, Geoff author Guzmán Casado, Gloria I. author González de Molina, Manuel author Krausmann, Fridolin author Gingrich, Simone author Sacristán Adinolfi, Vera author Moreno-Delgado, David author 2016-07-04T10:28:27Z 2018-10-31T06:10:14Z 2016-10 2016-07-04T10:28:32Z Energy balances of farm systems have overlooked the role of energy flows that remain within agro-ecosystems. Yet, such internal flows fulfil important socio-ecological functions, including maintenance of farmers themselves and agro-ecosystem structures. Farming can either give rise to complex landscapes that favour associated biodiversity, or the opposite. This variability can be understood by assessing several types of Energy Returns on Investment (EROI). Applying these measures to a farm system in Catalonia, Spain in 1860 and in 1999, reveals the expected decrease in the ratio of final energy output to total and external inputs. The transition from solar-based to a fossil fuel based agro-ecosystem was further accompanied by an increase in the ratio of final energy output to biomass reused, as well as an absolute increase of Unharvested Phytomass grown in derelict forestland. The study reveals an apparent link between reuse of biomass and the decrease of landscape heterogeneity along with its associated biodiversity. Sistemes agrícoles Biodiversitat Ecologia del paisatge Ús del sòl Agricultural systems Biodiversity Landscape ecology Land use Widening the analysis of Energy Return on Investment (EROI) in agro-ecosystems: Socio-ecological transitions to industrialized farm systems (the Vallès County, Catalonia, c.1860 and 1999)