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The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield:a quantitative synthesis

Authors :
Albrecht, Matthias
Kleijn, David
Williams, Neal M.
Tschumi, Matthias
Blaauw, Brett R.
Bommarco, Riccardo
Campbell, Alistair J.
Dainese, Matteo
Drummond, Francis A.
Entling, Martin H.
Ganser, Dominik
Arjen de Groot, G.
Goulson, Dave
Grab, Heather
Hamilton, Hannah
Herzog, Felix
Isaacs, Rufus
Jacot, Katja
Jeanneret, Philippe
Jonsson, Mattias
Knop, Eva
Kremen, Claire
Landis, Douglas A.
Loeb, Gregory M.
Marini, Lorenzo
McKerchar, Megan
Morandin, Lora
Pfister, Sonja C.
Potts, Simon G.
Rundlöf, Maj
Sardiñas, Hillary
Sciligo, Amber
Thies, Carsten
Tscharntke, Teja
Venturini, Eric
Veromann, Eve
Vollhardt, Ines M.G.
Wäckers, Felix
Ward, Kimiora
Wilby, Andrew
Woltz, Megan
Wratten, Steve
Sutter, Louis
Albrecht, Matthias
Kleijn, David
Williams, Neal M.
Tschumi, Matthias
Blaauw, Brett R.
Bommarco, Riccardo
Campbell, Alistair J.
Dainese, Matteo
Drummond, Francis A.
Entling, Martin H.
Ganser, Dominik
Arjen de Groot, G.
Goulson, Dave
Grab, Heather
Hamilton, Hannah
Herzog, Felix
Isaacs, Rufus
Jacot, Katja
Jeanneret, Philippe
Jonsson, Mattias
Knop, Eva
Kremen, Claire
Landis, Douglas A.
Loeb, Gregory M.
Marini, Lorenzo
McKerchar, Megan
Morandin, Lora
Pfister, Sonja C.
Potts, Simon G.
Rundlöf, Maj
Sardiñas, Hillary
Sciligo, Amber
Thies, Carsten
Tscharntke, Teja
Venturini, Eric
Veromann, Eve
Vollhardt, Ines M.G.
Wäckers, Felix
Ward, Kimiora
Wilby, Andrew
Woltz, Megan
Wratten, Steve
Sutter, Louis
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of different floral plantings, their characteristics and consequences for crop yield is lacking. Here we quantified the impacts of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control (18 studies) and pollination services (17 studies) in adjacent crops in North America, Europe and New Zealand. Flower strips, but not hedgerows, enhanced pest control services in adjacent fields by 16% on average. However, effects on crop pollination and yield were more variable. Our synthesis identifies several important drivers of variability in effectiveness of plantings: pollination services declined exponentially with distance from plantings, and perennial and older flower strips with higher flowering plant diversity enhanced pollination more effectively. These findings provide promising pathways to optimise floral plantings to more effectively contribute to ecosystem service delivery and ecological intensification of agriculture in the future.

Details

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OAIster
Notes :
text, https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/147189/1/Albrecht_et_al._Revised_Manuscript.pdf, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1201479911
Document Type :
Electronic Resource