[Leps-l] Wildlife-friendly farming increases crop yield: evidence for e
From Neil Jones@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 15 11:58:13 2015
Ecological intensification has been promoted as a means to achieve environmentally sustainable increases in crop yields by enhancing
ecosystem functions that regulate and support production. There is,
however, little direct evidence of yield benefits from ecological intensification on commercial farms growing globally important
foodstuffs (grains, oilseeds and pulses). We replicated two treatments
removing 3 or 8% of land at the field edge from production to create
wildlife habitat in 50–60 ha patches over a 900 ha commercial arable
farm in central England, and..................................
Ecological intensification has been promoted as a means to achieve environmentally sustainable increases in crop yields by enhancing
ecosystem functions that regulate and support production. There is,
however, little direct evidence of yield benefits from ecological intensification on commercial farms growing globally important
foodstuffs (grains, oilseeds and pulses). We replicated two treatments
removing 3 or 8% of land at the field edge from production to create
wildlife habitat in 50�60 ha patches over a 900 ha commercial arable
farm in central England, and..................................