Structural field margin characteristics affect the functional traits of herbaceous vegetation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Field margins are ecologically important to an agroecosystem as they are a source of biodiversity. They can be composed of a diverse flora which may offer resources to a wide range of insects and birds. The vegetation composition of field margins is determined by soil characteristics, management, and landscape structures. However, little is known about the effect of individual field margin components such as ditches, grass strips, shrubs and trees, and the overall margin's complexity, on the vegetation composition and its functional effect and response traits.

Methods

This paper reports on the effects of field margin component typology (ditches, grass strips, shrubs, trees, and vehicle tracks) and complexity (the number of components), on the herbaceous vegetation

SUBMITTER: Blaix C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7498012 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature