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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wan NF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967864 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20180524
Urban agriculture is making an increasing contribution to food security in large cities around the world. The potential contribution of biodiversity to ecological intensification in urban agricultural systems has not been investigated. We present monitoring data collected from rice fields in 34 community farms in mega-urban Shanghai, China, from 2001 to 2015, and show that the presence of a border crop of soybeans and neighboring crops (maize, eggplant and Chinese cabbage), both without weed con ...[more]