The influence of ecological infrastructures adjacent to crops on their carabid assemblages in intensive agroecosystems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Conserving biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem services of interest in intensive agroecosystems is a major challenge. Perennial ecological infrastructures (EIs), such as hedges and grassy strips, and annual EI under Agri-Environment Schemes appear to be good candidates to promote both. Our study focused on carabids, an indicator group responding both at the species and functional trait level to disturbances and supporting pest control and weed seed consumption services.

Methods

We compared carabid assemblages at the species and functional traits levels, sampled via pitfall trapping, in three types of EIs (hedges, grassy strips and annual flower strips) and crops. We also tested via GLMs the effect of (1) the type of EI at the crops' border and (2) the distance fr

SUBMITTER: Pecheur E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6956773 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature