Do field boundaries act as refugia for grassland plant species diversity in intensively managed agricultural landscapes in Britain

By Simon M. Smart, R. Bunce, L. Firbank, P. Coward. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Bioenergy Projects (2008, background): “These time lags vary among species, and depend on their presence in the vicinity [59], which in turns depends upon the landscape structure and its past management [59].”
Large-scale changes in the abundance of common higher plant species across Britain between 1978, 1990 and 1998 as a consequence of human activity: Tests of hypothesised changes in trait representation (2005, background): “Locally, species-rich habitat fragments can be found in British landscapes and this justifies region or farm-specific assessments of their potential contribution to conservation goals (Smart et al., 2002; Williams et al., 2004).”
Modeling environmental benefits of silvoarable agroforestry in Europe (2007, background): “The introduction of rows of trees in homogeneous arable areas increases the structural diversity of the landscape, which potentially increases its species diversity (Peng et al., 1993; Burgess, 1999; Middleton, 2001; Smart et al., 2002).”
Locating eutrophication effects across British vegetation between 1990 and 1998 (2003, background): “…partial protection from intensive land management that can be afforded by linear refugia such as field boundaries and roadsides (Tikka et al., 2000; Smart et al., 2002), increases in indicator score were found in all landscape locations in which responsive vegetation types were found and not just…”
Factors and processes affecting plant biodiversity in permanent grasslands. A review (2011, unknown): “Field boundaries, which are one kind of edges in the agricultural landscape, contain more plant species than field centers especially in intensive production farming systems (e.g., Aude et al. 2003; Smart et al. 2002).”