Effects of vegetation management intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in vineyards: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: At the global scale, vineyards are usually managed intensively to optimize wine production without considering possible negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) such as high soil erosion rates, degradation of soil fertility or contamination of groundwater. Winegrowers regulate competition for water and nutrients between the vines and inter-row vegetation by tilling, mulching and/or herbicide application. Strategies for more sustainable viticulture recommend maintaining vegetation cover in inter-rows, however, there is a lack of knowledge as to what extent this less intensive inter-row management affects biodiversity and associated ES.We performed a hierarchical meta-analysis to quantify the effects of extensive vineyard inter-row vegetation management in comparison to m

SUBMITTER: Winter S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6099225 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature