The role of weeds in supporting biological diversity within crop fields

By E. Marshall, V. Brown, Nigel D. Boatman, P. Lutman, G. Squire, L. K. Ward. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Pests, pesticide use and alternative options in European maize production: current status and future prospects (2009, background): “More intensive cultivation practices and increased input of herbicides with broader spectra of activity have furthermore contributed to the impoverishment of the flora and indirectly of the weed-associated fauna in agricultural landscapes (Marshall et al. 2003).”
Attractiveness of wildflower mixtures for wild bees and hoverflies depends on some key plant species (2018, background): “Additionally, the plant species from the seedbank played a crucial role for the local pollinator community (Marshall et al., 2003; Gibson et al., 2006), with four of the 14 key plant species not originating from the commercial mixtures.”
Population responses by Orius insidiosus to vegetational diversity (2009, background): “Methods to restore plant and habitat diversity to farmland include reducing the amount of herbicides applied to allow the persistence of small weed populations, using cover crops, and intercropping with several crop species (Altieri and Whitcomb 1979; Andow 1991; Marshall et al. 2003; Norris and Kog”
Weed flora survey in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) fields of Shabestar (northwest of Iran) (2014, background): “Weed flora composition is strongly associated with regional climate, soil characteristics, and management methods (Dale et al. 1992; Salonen 1993; Andersson & Milberg 1998; Marshall et al. 2003).”
Biological Flora of the British Isles: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (2010, background): “Assessing the role of weeds in supporting biological diversity in crop fields, Marshall et al. (2003) ranked C. arvense highly for insects which could have an impact on insectivorous bird life, reporting 50 species in 19 insect families on creeping thistle, including five host-specific and four…”
Late-Season Seed Production in Arable Weed Communities: Management Implications (2012, background): “…birds, and other herbivores (Gibbons et al. 2006; Holland et al. 2006) and facilitate in situ conservation of plant communities (Altieri and Merrick 1987), promoting farmland biodiversity and ultimately leading to improved agroecosystem functioning (Franke et al. 2009; Marshall et al. 2003).”
Effect of cropping systems and crop rotations on weeds (2009, background): “Weed flora have changed over the past century, with either increasing or decreasing species abundance depending on the management (Bagmet, 2000; Marshall et al., 2003; Stoate et al., 2002).”
Mechanisms driving avoidance of non-native plants by lizards (2006, background): “Occasionally, alien plant species benefit specific wildlife (Braithwaite & Lonsdale 1987; Safford & Jones 1998) and even increase faunal diversity (Marshall et al. 2003).”
Weeds for bees? A review (2015, background): “Most of the weed species that are known to be very important for farmland birds or insects (Marshall et al. 2003; Storkey 2006; Eraud et al. 2015), i.”
Understanding and Enhancing Soil Biological Health: The Solution for Reversing Soil Degradation (2015, background): “The lack of weeds has been shown to negatively influence the diversity of some insects and birds in agroecosystems [190].”
Field margin vegetation enhances biological control and crop damage suppression from multiple pests in organic tomato fields (2014, background): “Several weed species play an important role in supporting arthropod diversity within cropping systems (Marshall et al., 2003).”
Pollinator webs, plant communities and the conservation of rare plants: arable weeds as a case study (2006, background): “The seeds of arable insect-pollinated species such as Stellaria media (Caryophyllaceae) and Sinapis arvensis (Brassicaceae) form a major part of the diet of most farmland bird species (Marshall et al. 2003), many of which are currently in decline (Siriwardena et al.”
Effects of agriculture expansion and intensification on the vertebrate and invertebrate diversity in the Pampas of Argentina (2011, background): “The natural or semi-natural remnants may function as biodiversity refuges (Le Cœur et al. 2002; Marshall and Moonen 2002; Marshall et al. 2003).”
Bioherbicides: Dead in the water? A review of the existing products for integrated weed management (2016, neutral): “Crop losses due to weeds continue to reduce available production of food and cash crops worldwide (Cramer, 1967; Oerke et al., 1994; Oerke, 2006) even if weeds are known to support ecosystem services in farming landscapes (Marshall et al., 2003).”
Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers (2019, background): “, 2014) and runoff, thus impacting indirectly on the arthropod species that depend upon wild plants, which either disappear completely or decline significantly in numbers (Goulet and Masner, 2017; Marshall et al., 2003).”