Gains to species diversity in organically farmed fields are not propagated at the farm level
| Autor: | Guillermo González-Bornay, András Báldi, Thomas Frank, Felix Herzog, Rob H. G. Jongman, Debra Bailey, Max Kainz, Sebastian Wolfrum, Jean-Philippe Choisis, Youssef Ammari, Salah Garchi, Lindsay A. Turnbull, Esezah Kakudidi, Julius Opio, Maurizio G. Paoletti, Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki, Ilse R. Geijzendorffer, Katalin Balázs, Charles Nkwiine, Jürgen K. Friedel, Gisela Lüscher, Norman Siebrecht, Gergely Jerkovich, Mariecia D. Fraser, Philippe Pointereau, Jean-Pierre Sarthou, Andy Hector, Marie-Louise Oschatz, Sebastian Eiter, Wendy Jane Fjellstad, Philippe Jeanneret, Michaela Arndorfer, Peter Dennis, Daniele Sommaggio, Gerardo Moreno, Manuel K. Schneider, Fernando Pulido, Tiziano Gomiero |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institute for Sustainability Sciences, Agroscope, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural Eaux et Forêts (INRGREF), Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF)-Institution de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles [Tunis] (IRESA), Institute of Environmental & Landscape Management, Szent Istvan University, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Dynamiques Forestières dans l'Espace Rural (DYNAFOR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT]-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Aberystwyth University, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Universidad de Extremadura (UEX), Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford [Oxford], Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Makerere University Kampala (MUK), Centre of Life and Food Science, Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), Forestry school, University of Extremadura, Department of Soil Science, Department of Biology, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Solagro, AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires (AGIR), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), European Union through FP7 project BioBio [227161], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole - ENSFEA (FRANCE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - INRA (FRANCE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT (FRANCE) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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European habitat
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] different spatial scales Biodiversity General Physics and Astronomy Biodiversity conservation [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences Abundance (ecology) Biodiversiteit en Beleid food production Land-use 2. Zero hunger Organic Agriculture agri-environment schemes Multidisciplinary Ecology Agroforestry different spatial scale Spiders european habitat Bees Plants Metaanalysis conventional agriculture european habitats Management food-production [SDE]Environmental Sciences Organic farming Biodiversité Arable land Conventional agriculture management metaanalysis agri-environment shemes Environment Biology Biodiversity and Policy General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Food production land-use Animals Landscape Oligochaeta Agri-environment shemes biodiversity conservation landscape Ecologie Environnement Land use business.industry Species diversity General Chemistry 15. Life on land Agriculture Species richness Different spatial scale business |
| Zdroj: | Nature Communications Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group, 2014, 5, pp.Online. ⟨10.1038/ncomms5151⟩ Nature Communications 5 (2014) Nature Communications, 5 Nature Communications (5), Online. (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ncomms5151⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; Organic farming is promoted to reduce environmental impacts of agriculture, but surprisingly little is known about its effects at the farm level, the primary unit of decision making. Here we report the effects of organic farming on species diversity at the field, farm and regional levels by sampling plants, earthworms, spiders and bees in 1470 fields of 205 randomly selected organic and nonorganic farms in twelve European and African regions. Species richness is, on average, 10.5% higher in organic than nonorganic production fields, with highest gains in intensive arable fields (around +45%). Gains to species richness are partly caused by higher organism abundance and are common in plants and bees but intermittent in earthworms and spiders. Average gains are marginal +4.6% at the farm and +3.1% at the regional level, even in intensive arable regions. Additional, targeted measures are therefore needed to fulfil the commitment of organic farming to benefit farmland biodiversity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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