Fertilization using manure minimizes the trade-offs between biodiversity and forage production in agri-environment scheme grasslands.

ABSTRACT: A common practice used to restore and maintain biodiversity in grasslands is to stop or decrease the use of fertilizers as they are a major cause of biodiversity loss. This practice is problematic for farmers who need fertilizers to increase forage and meet the nutritional needs of livestock. Evidence is needed that helps identify optimal fertilizer regimes that could benefit biodiversity and livestock production simultaneously over the long-term. Here, we evaluated the impact of different fertilizer regimes on indicators related to both biodiversity (plant, pollinator, leaf miners and parasitoid Shannon-Weiner diversity, bumblebee abundance, nectar productivity and forb species richness), and forage production (ash, crude protein, ruminant metabolizable energy and dry matter). To this end

SUBMITTER: Villa-Galaviz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10550152 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature