Ecological intensification: multifunctional flower strips support beneficial arthropods in an organic apple orchard

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 225; no. 5; pp. 499 - 509
• Main Authors: Favarin, Sebastiano, Sommaggio, Daniele, Fantinato, Edy, Masiero, Maddalena, Buffa, Gabriella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2024; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Agricultural policy; apples; Applied Ecology; Arthropods; Beneficial arthropods; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Common Agricultural Policy; Community & Population Ecology; Complementarity; Composition; Data collection; Density; Ecology; Flowers; Flowers & plants; Functional groups; leaves; Life Sciences; microclimate; Microhabitats; Nutritive value; Orchards; Palatability; Plant Ecology; Plant species; Plants; Plants (botany); species; Species composition; Species richness; Strip; Structure-function relationships; Surveys; Terrestial Ecology; Vegetation; vegetation structure; Flower strip structure; Agri-environmental measures; Plant traits; Multifunctionality; Arthropod functional groups; Agroecosystem

Flower strips are a fundamental part of agri-environment schemes in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Although vegetation is central for many arthropod groups, a few studies have evaluated the effects of flower strip structural and functional attributes on arthropod communities. In this study, w...