Data from: The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agro-ecosystem services across Europe
Martin, Emily A.1; Dainese, Matteo2; Clough, Yann3; Báldi, András4; Bommarco, Riccardo5; Gagic, Vesna6; Garratt, Michael7; Holzschuh, Andrea1; Kleijn, David8; Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó4; Marini, Lorenzo9; Potts, Simon G.7; Smith, Henrik G.3; Al Hassan, Diab10; Albrecht, Matthias11; Andersson, Georg K. S.3; Asis, Josep12; Aviron, Stephanie13; Balzan, Mario14; Baños-Picón, Laura12; Bartomeus, Ignasi15; Batary, Peter16; Burel, Françoise10; Caballero-López, Berta17; Concepcion, Elena D.18; Coudrain, Valerie10; Danhardt, Juliana3; Díaz, Mario18; Diekötter, Tim19; Dormann, Carsten F.20; Duflot, Remi21; Entling, Martin22; Farwig, Nina23; Fischer, Christina24; Frank, Thomas25; Garibaldi, Lucas26; Herrmann, John19; Herzog, Felix11; Inclan, Diego27; Jacot, Katja11; Jauker, Frank28; Jeanneret, Philippe11; Kaiser, Marina29; Krauss, Jochen1; Le Féon, Violette30; Marshall, Jon31; Moonen, Anna-Camilla32; Moreno, Gerardo33; Riedinger, Verena1; Rundlöf, Maj3; Rusch, Adrien34; Scheper, Jeroen35; Schneider, Gudrun1; Schüepp, Christof36; Stutz, Sonja37; Sutter, Louis11; Tamburini, Giovanni5; Thies, Carsten38; Tormos, Jose12; Tscharntke, Teja39; Tschumi, Matthias11; Uzman, Deniz40; Wagner, Christian41; Anjum, Muhammad42; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf1
Published Apr 10, 2019
on Dryad.
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6tj407n
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Apr 10, 2019 version files
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Abstract
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key aim of a sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement of crop fields and other habitats in landscapes impacts arthropods and their functions is poorly known. Synthesising data from 49 studies (1515 landscapes) across Europe, we examined effects of landscape composition (% habitats) and configuration (edge density) on arthropods in fields and their margins, pest control, pollination and yields. Configuration effects interacted with the proportions of crop and non‐crop habitats, and species’ dietary, dispersal and overwintering traits led to contrasting responses to landscape variables. Overall, however, in landscapes with high edge density, 70% of pollinator and 44% of natural enemy species reached highest abundances and pollination and pest control improved 1.7‐ and 1.4‐fold respectively. Arable‐dominated landscapes with high edge densities achieved high yields. This suggests that enhancing edge density in European agroecosystems can promote functional biodiversity and yield‐enhancing ecosystem services.
Martin et al_2019_datatables
Data used in Martin et al. (2019) compiled from 49 studies and 1,515 landscapes across Europe. Includes data on the abundance of arthropod species per site and data on pollination, natural pest control and yields in crops across Europe.
Martin et al_2019_data tables_300319.xlsx
Martin et al_2019_traits database
Functional traits data for 2088 species (morphospecies, individuals) from 144 arthropod families sampled in agricultural landscapes across Europe. All traits are categorical and based on published literature or expert knowledge. They are described in Table 1 and Appendix S1 of Martin et al. (2019). The traits included are: feeding habit ('Functional group'), diet breadth, agricultural specialism, diet life history, overwintering habitat, dispersal mode, and stratum. Species' names were resolved in R package taxize.