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. 2019 Jul;22(7):1083-1094.
doi: 10.1111/ele.13265. Epub 2019 Apr 7.

The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

Emily A Martin  1 , Matteo Dainese  2 , Yann Clough  3 , András Báldi  4 , Riccardo Bommarco  5 , Vesna Gagic  6 , Michael P D Garratt  7 , Andrea Holzschuh  1 , David Kleijn  8 , Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki  4 , Lorenzo Marini  9 , Simon G Potts  7 , Henrik G Smith  3   10 , Diab Al Hassan  11 , Matthias Albrecht  12 , Georg K S Andersson  3 , Josep D Asís  13 , Stéphanie Aviron  14 , Mario V Balzan  15   16 , Laura Baños-Picón  13 , Ignasi Bartomeus  17 , Péter Batáry  18 , Francoise Burel  11 , Berta Caballero-López  19 , Elena D Concepción  20 , Valérie Coudrain  21 , Juliana Dänhardt  3 , Mario Diaz  20 , Tim Diekötter  22 , Carsten F Dormann  23 , Rémi Duflot  24 , Martin H Entling  25 , Nina Farwig  26 , Christina Fischer  27 , Thomas Frank  28 , Lucas A Garibaldi  29 , John Hermann  22 , Felix Herzog  12 , Diego Inclán  30 , Katja Jacot  12 , Frank Jauker  31 , Philippe Jeanneret  12 , Marina Kaiser  32 , Jochen Krauss  1 , Violette Le Féon  33 , Jon Marshall  34 , Anna-Camilla Moonen  16 , Gerardo Moreno  35 , Verena Riedinger  1 , Maj Rundlöf  10 , Adrien Rusch  36 , Jeroen Scheper  37 , Gudrun Schneider  1 , Christof Schüepp  38 , Sonja Stutz  39 , Louis Sutter  12 , Giovanni Tamburini  5 , Carsten Thies  40 , José Tormos  13 , Teja Tscharntke  41 , Matthias Tschumi  12 , Deniz Uzman  42 , Christian Wagner  43 , Muhammad Zubair-Anjum  44 , Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter  1
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The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

Emily A Martin et al. Ecol Lett. 2019 Jul.
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Abstract

Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key aim of a sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement of crop fields and other habitats in landscapes impacts arthropods and their functions is poorly known. Synthesising data from 49 studies (1515 landscapes) across Europe, we examined effects of landscape composition (% habitats) and configuration (edge density) on arthropods in fields and their margins, pest control, pollination and yields. Configuration effects interacted with the proportions of crop and non-crop habitats, and species' dietary, dispersal and overwintering traits led to contrasting responses to landscape variables. Overall, however, in landscapes with high edge density, 70% of pollinator and 44% of natural enemy species reached highest abundances and pollination and pest control improved 1.7- and 1.4-fold respectively. Arable-dominated landscapes with high edge densities achieved high yields. This suggests that enhancing edge density in European agroecosystems can promote functional biodiversity and yield-enhancing ecosystem services.

Keywords: Agroecology; arthropod community; biological control; edge density; pest control; pollination; response trait; semi-natural habitat; trait syndrome; yield.

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