Intensive management negatively impacts field margin ecosystem service indicators at both field and landscape levels.

ABSTRACT: Vegetated field margins generally increase plant biodiversity and connectivity in agricultural landscapes. They can deliver ecosystem services, such as providing food and shelter for insects, or maintaining biotic regulation. But they can also represent a risk, for example by hosting competitor plants or cultivated crop pests. In this work, we evaluated the effects of agricultural practices on indicators of three ecosystem services (providing floral resources for pollinators, reducing soil erosion and conserving plant biodiversity), and one ecosystem disservice (competing with the crop by hosting problematic weeds). We used a French nationwide-scale monitoring network, composed of more than 450 fields of cereals, vineyards, and market gardening. Plant sampling and agricultural practices su

SUBMITTER: Genty L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12823288 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature