Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability

[EN] Maintaining stable agricultural production is a critical challenge for food security. Stable yields depend not only on climatic variables, but also on agricultural landscape management. While agricultural intensification can increase productivity in the short term, it often reduces long-term yi...

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Autores: Tobajas, Estefanía, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Magrach, Ainhoa
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Temporal stability
Agricultural landscape
Climate
Crop yield
Landscape heterogeneity
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title Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability
spellingShingle Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability
Tobajas, Estefanía
Temporal stability
Agricultural landscape
Climate
Crop yield
Landscape heterogeneity
title_short Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability
title_full Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability
title_fullStr Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability
title_full_unstemmed Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability
title_sort Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stability
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Bartomeus, Ignasi
Magrach, Ainhoa
author Tobajas, Estefanía
author_facet Tobajas, Estefanía
Bartomeus, Ignasi
Magrach, Ainhoa
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Magrach, Ainhoa
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Eusko Jaurlaritza
European Commission
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Tobajas, Estefanía [0000-0003-2356-8881]
Bartomeus, Ignasi [0000-0001-7893-4389]
Magrach, Ainhoa [0000-0003-2155-7556]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Temporal stability
Agricultural landscape
Climate
Crop yield
Landscape heterogeneity
topic Temporal stability
Agricultural landscape
Climate
Crop yield
Landscape heterogeneity
description [EN] Maintaining stable agricultural production is a critical challenge for food security. Stable yields depend not only on climatic variables, but also on agricultural landscape management. While agricultural intensification can increase productivity in the short term, it often reduces long-term yield stability due to reduced crop diversity and the loss of semi-natural habitats. This study investigates the relationships between landscape heterogeneity, climatic variables and temporal stability of crop yields across Spain. Using an extensive national dataset of productivity for 31 crops from 2013 to 2019, we analysed how landscape composition (crop richness, semi-natural habitat cover) and configuration (field size, edge density), along with climatic factors (precipitation, temperature, water deficit), influence yield stability. Our results show that yield stability is influenced by climatic factors and landscape characteristics. Greater land-use heterogeneity and stable precipitation favour yield stability. Furthermore, moderate within-season precipitation concentrations also improved yield stability. We also detected interactive effects between crop pollinator dependence and landscape-level crop diversity and climate. Pollinator-dependent crops showed greater stability with increasing crop diversity and variable temperatures, while non-pollinator-dependent crops benefited from simpler crop areas and stable temperatures. Synthesis and applications. These findings underscore the importance of promoting crop diversity and maintaining heterogeneous agricultural landscapes, particularly in pollinator-dependent crops. Promoting diverse agricultural landscapes with balanced heterogeneity can enhance the resilience of agricultural systems to climate change and contribute to long-term food security.
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spelling Landscape and crop diversity contributes to greater yield stabilityTobajas, EstefaníaBartomeus, IgnasiMagrach, AinhoaTemporal stabilityAgricultural landscapeClimateCrop yieldLandscape heterogeneity[EN] Maintaining stable agricultural production is a critical challenge for food security. Stable yields depend not only on climatic variables, but also on agricultural landscape management. While agricultural intensification can increase productivity in the short term, it often reduces long-term yield stability due to reduced crop diversity and the loss of semi-natural habitats. This study investigates the relationships between landscape heterogeneity, climatic variables and temporal stability of crop yields across Spain. Using an extensive national dataset of productivity for 31 crops from 2013 to 2019, we analysed how landscape composition (crop richness, semi-natural habitat cover) and configuration (field size, edge density), along with climatic factors (precipitation, temperature, water deficit), influence yield stability. Our results show that yield stability is influenced by climatic factors and landscape characteristics. Greater land-use heterogeneity and stable precipitation favour yield stability. Furthermore, moderate within-season precipitation concentrations also improved yield stability. We also detected interactive effects between crop pollinator dependence and landscape-level crop diversity and climate. Pollinator-dependent crops showed greater stability with increasing crop diversity and variable temperatures, while non-pollinator-dependent crops benefited from simpler crop areas and stable temperatures. Synthesis and applications. These findings underscore the importance of promoting crop diversity and maintaining heterogeneous agricultural landscapes, particularly in pollinator-dependent crops. Promoting diverse agricultural landscapes with balanced heterogeneity can enhance the resilience of agricultural systems to climate change and contribute to long-term food security.[ES] Mantener una producción agrícola estable es un reto fundamental para la seguridad alimentaria. La estabilidad en el rendimiento de los cultivos no solo depende de variables climáticas, sino también de la gestión del paisaje agrícola. La intensificación agrícola puede aumentar la productividad a corto plazo, pero suele reducir la estabilidad del rendimiento a largo plazo debido a una reducción en la diversidad de cultivos y a la pérdida de hábitats seminaturales. En este estudio se investiga la relación entre la heterogeneidad del paisaje, las variables climáticas y la estabilidad temporal de los rendimientos de los cultivos en España. Empleando un amplio conjunto de datos nacionales sobre la productividad de 31 cultivos entre 2013 y 2019, analizamos cómo la composición del paisaje (riqueza de cultivos, cobertura de hábitats seminaturales) y su configuración (tamaño de los campos, densidad de los bordes), junto con los factores climáticos (precipitaciones, temperatura, déficit hídrico), influyen en la estabilidad de los rendimientos. Nuestros resultados muestran que los factores climáticos y las características del paisaje influyen en la estabilidad del rendimiento de los cultivos. Una mayor heterogeneidad en el uso del suelo y unas precipitaciones estables favorecen la estabilidad del rendimiento. Además, concentraciones moderadas de precipitaciones dentro de la temporada también mejoraron la estabilidad del rendimiento. También detectamos efectos de la interacción entre la dependencia de los cultivos a los polinizadores y la diversidad de cultivos, y entre la dependencia a los polinizadores y factores climáticos. Los cultivos dependientes de los polinizadores mostraron una mayor estabilidad al aumentar la diversidad de cultivos y con la variabilidad de las temperaturas, mientras que el rendimiento de los cultivos no dependientes de polinizadores fue más estable en zonas de cultivo más simples y con temperaturas estables. Síntesis y aplicaciones: Estos hallazgos subrayan la importancia de promover la diversidad de cultivos y mantener paisajes agrícolas heterogéneos, especialmente en los cultivos que dependen de los polinizadores. Promover paisajes agrícolas diversos con una heterogeneidad equilibrada puede mejorar la resiliencia de los sistemas agrícolas al cambio climático y contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria a largo plazo.A.M. acknowledges funding from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (PID2021-127900NB-I00), the Basque Government through PIBA projects (2024RTE00060004), the European Union (ERC, GorBEEa 101086771), an Ikerbasque Research Professorship and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the European Social Fund through the Ramón y Cajal Program (RYC2021-032351-I). This research is supported by María de Maeztu Excellence Unit 2023–2027 Ref. CEX2021-001201-M, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.Peer reviewedJohn Wiley & SonsBritish Ecological SocietyEusko JaurlaritzaEuropean CommissionMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Tobajas, Estefanía [0000-0003-2356-8881]Bartomeus, Ignasi [0000-0001-7893-4389]Magrach, Ainhoa [0000-0003-2155-7556]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/411099https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105018312433reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. 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