Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields
Abstract Biodiversity conservation and agricultural production have been largely framed as separate goals for landscapes in the discourse on land use. Although there is an increasing tendency to move away from this dichotomy in theory, the tendency is perpetuated by the spatially explicit approaches...
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| author | Maria Kernecker Meike Fienitz Claas Nendel Marlene Pätzig Karin Pirhofer Walzl Larissa Raatz Martin Schmidt Monika Wulf Jana Zscheischler |
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| description | Abstract Biodiversity conservation and agricultural production have been largely framed as separate goals for landscapes in the discourse on land use. Although there is an increasing tendency to move away from this dichotomy in theory, the tendency is perpetuated by the spatially explicit approaches used in research and management practice. Transition zones (TZ) have previously been defined as areas where two adjacent fields or patches interact, and so they occur abundantly throughout agricultural landscapes. Biodiversity patterns in TZ have been extensively studied, but their relationship to yield patterns and social–ecological dimensions has been largely neglected. Focusing on European, temperate agricultural landscapes, we outline three areas of research and management that together demonstrate how TZ might be used to facilitate an integrated landscape approach: (i) plant and animal species’ use and response to boundaries and the resulting effects on yield, for a deeper understanding of how landscape structure shapes quantity and quality of TZ; (ii) local knowledge on field or patch‐level management and its interactions with biodiversity and yield in TZ, and (iii) conflict prevention and collaborative management across land‐use boundaries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1bfec0687bc4503b4305231b2773ebd2022-12-21T23:53:59ZengWileyEcological Solutions and Evidence2688-83192022-01-0131n/an/a10.1002/2688-8319.12122Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yieldsMaria Kernecker0Meike Fienitz1Claas Nendel2Marlene Pätzig3Karin Pirhofer Walzl4Larissa Raatz5Martin Schmidt6Monika Wulf7Jana Zscheischler8Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg GermanyLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg GermanyLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg GermanyLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg GermanyLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg GermanyInstitute of Biochemistry and Biology University of Potsdam Potsdam GermanyLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg GermanyLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg GermanyLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg GermanyAbstract Biodiversity conservation and agricultural production have been largely framed as separate goals for landscapes in the discourse on land use. Although there is an increasing tendency to move away from this dichotomy in theory, the tendency is perpetuated by the spatially explicit approaches used in research and management practice. Transition zones (TZ) have previously been defined as areas where two adjacent fields or patches interact, and so they occur abundantly throughout agricultural landscapes. Biodiversity patterns in TZ have been extensively studied, but their relationship to yield patterns and social–ecological dimensions has been largely neglected. Focusing on European, temperate agricultural landscapes, we outline three areas of research and management that together demonstrate how TZ might be used to facilitate an integrated landscape approach: (i) plant and animal species’ use and response to boundaries and the resulting effects on yield, for a deeper understanding of how landscape structure shapes quantity and quality of TZ; (ii) local knowledge on field or patch‐level management and its interactions with biodiversity and yield in TZ, and (iii) conflict prevention and collaborative management across land‐use boundaries.https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12122ecotonesfield boundariesfunctional traitslandscape complexityland‐use conflictslocal knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Maria Kernecker Meike Fienitz Claas Nendel Marlene Pätzig Karin Pirhofer Walzl Larissa Raatz Martin Schmidt Monika Wulf Jana Zscheischler Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields Ecological Solutions and Evidence ecotones field boundaries functional traits landscape complexity land‐use conflicts local knowledge |
| title | Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields |
| title_full | Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields |
| title_fullStr | Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields |
| title_short | Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields |
| title_sort | transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields |
| topic | ecotones field boundaries functional traits landscape complexity land‐use conflicts local knowledge |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12122 |
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