Local factors rather than the landscape context explain species richness and functional trait diversity and responses of plant assemblages of mediterranean cereal field margins

Arable field margins are valuable habitats providing a wide range of ecosystem services in rural landscapes. Agricultural intensification in recent decades has been a major cause of decline in plant diversity in these habitats. However, the concomitant effects on plant functional diversity are less...

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Authors: Pallavicini, Yessica, Bastida Milián, Fernando, Hernández Plaza, Eva, Petit, Sandrine, Izquierdo Figarola, Jordi|||0000-0002-3949-1295, Gonzalez Andujar, Jose Luis
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/334982
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/334982
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants9060778
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Plant ecology
Plant diversity
Plant functional traits
Agricultural intensification
Seed mass
Ecologia vegetal
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Agricultura::Producció vegetal
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Summary:Arable field margins are valuable habitats providing a wide range of ecosystem services in rural landscapes. Agricultural intensification in recent decades has been a major cause of decline in plant diversity in these habitats. However, the concomitant effects on plant functional diversity are less documented, particularly in Mediterranean areas.