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| Norton, L R; Fuller, R J; Feber, R E; Johnson, P J; Chamberlain, D E; Joys, A C; Mathews, F; Stuart, R C; Townsend, M C; Manley, W J; Wolfe, M S; Macdonald, D W; Firbank, L G. |
| Previous studies suggest widespread positive responses of biodiversity to organic farming. Many of these studies, however, have been small-scale. This project tested the generality of habitat and biodiversity differences between matched pairs of organic and non-organic farms containing cereal crops in lowland England on a large-scale across a range of taxa including plants, insects, birds and bats. The extent of both cropped and un-cropped habitats together with their composition and management on a range of scales were also compared. Organic farms was likely to favour higher levels of biodiversity and indeed organic farms tended to support higher numbers of species and overall abundance across most taxa. However, the magnitude of the response differed... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/10220/1/The_benefits_of_organic_farming_for_biodiversity.pdf |
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