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Quantification of regulating ecosystem services provided by weeds in annual cropping systems using a systematic map approach
Quantification of regulating ecosystem services provided by weeds in annual cropping systems using a systematic map approach
- Source :
- UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Weed Research, Weed Research, Wiley, 2018, 58 (3), pp.151-164. ⟨10.1111/wre.12303⟩, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, Weed Research, 2018, 58 (3), pp.151-164. ⟨10.1111/wre.12303⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- Ecosystem services have received increasing attention in life sciences, but only a limited amount of quantitative data are available concerning the ability of weeds to provide these services. Following an expert focus group on this topic, a systematic search for articles displaying evidence of weeds providing regulating ecosystem services was performed, resulting in 129 articles. The most common service found was pest control and the prevailing mechanism was that weeds provide a suitable habitat for natural enemies. Other articles showed that weeds improved soil nutrient content, soil physical properties and crop pollinator abundance. Weeds were found to provide some important ecosystem services for agriculture, but only a small number of studies presented data on crop yield. Experimental approaches are proposed that can: (i) disentangle the benefits obtained from ecosystem services provisioning from the costs due to weed competition and (ii) quantify the contribution of diverse weed communities in reducing crop competition and in providing ecosystem services. Existing vegetation databases can be used to select weed species with functional traits facilitating ecosystem service provisioning while having a lower competitive capacity. However, for services such as pest control, there are hardly any specific plant traits that have been identified and more fundamental research is needed.
- Subjects :
- agroecology
0106 biological sciences
pollination
literature review
rendement des cultures
Plant Science
01 natural sciences
service écosystémique
Ecosystem services
Males herbes
weeds
mauvaise herbe
[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology
functional traits
soil quality
agroecology, functional traits, literature review, pest control, pollination, soil nutrient content, soil physical properties, soil quality, weed management
soil nutrient content
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Weeds--Integrated control
Agroforestry
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
crop yield
Agroécologie
15. Life on land
010602 entomology
Geography
soil physical properties
méthode de cartographie
040103 agronomy & agriculture
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Agricultural biodiversity
Agronomy and Crop Science
Cropping
pest control
weed
weed management
Enginyeria agroalimentària::Agricultura [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00431737 and 13653180
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Weed Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....07567156f86a723eee6dab05246a95a0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12303