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| This is the final report of Defra project OF0165. The main attached report starts with a more detailed and comprehensive Executive Summary, from which these paragraphs have been extracted. Previous studies suggest widespread positive responses of biodiversity to organic farming. Many of these studies, however, have been small-scale. The purpose of this project was to test the generality of responses to arable organic farming (i.e. cereal-growing farms) in England through a multi-taxa study of a large number of farms. Abundance and diversity of higher plants, spiders, carabid beetles, wintering birds and bats were measured on matched pairs of organic and conventionally managed farms. Extent and potential quality of non-crop habitat were also measured. Two... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Farming Systems Biodiversity and ecosystem services. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/8119/1/OF0165_2713_FRP.pdf |
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