Multifunctional areas as a tool to enhance biodiversity and promote conservation in alfalfa fields | ||
| Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics | ||
| Article 4, Volume 7, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 251-261 PDF (1.99 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.52547/jibs.7.3.251 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Luis Miranda-Barroso1; Oscar Aguado2; José Vicente Falcó-Gari3; David Lopez3; Michael Schade4; Vasileios Vasileiadis4; Francisco Javier Peris Felipo* 4 | ||
| 1Agricultura Sostenible Syngenta España – c/. de la Ribera del Loira, 8, 10 – 28042 – Madrid – Spain | ||
| 2Andrena Iniciativas y Estudios Medioambientales S.L. – c/. Gabilondo 16bis – 47007 Valladolid – Spain | ||
| 3Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control – Institute Cavanilles of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology – c/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2 – 46980 – Paterna – Valencia – Spain | ||
| 4Syngenta Crop Protection – Rosentalstrasse 67 – 4058 – Basel – Switzerland | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study analyses the effects of multifunctional areas (MA) for three years (2013–2015) on an intensive multi-crop farm in Portugal. The implementation of MA resulted in a wide range of enhancements in the insect community, such as significant effects as a reservoir, allowing an increase of 102.47% in the number of species and 97.64% of individuals. MA play an important role in conservation strategies and help increase the population of rare and threatened arthropod species. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| agro-ecosystems; Sustainability; insect conservation; flower strips; arable crops | ||
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