The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

• DOI: 10.1111/ele.13265
• Publication Date: 2019-04-08T06:09:12Z
• Authors: Emily A. Martin; Matteo Dainese; Yann Clough; András Báldi; Riccardo Bommarco; Vesna Gagic; Michael P.D. Garratt; Andrea Holzschuh; David Kleijn; Anikó Kovács‐Host...; Lorenzo Marini; Simon G. Potts; Henrik G. Smith; Diab Al Hassan; Matthias Albrecht; Georg K.S. Andersson; Josep D. Asís; Stéphanie Aviron; Mario V. Balzan; Laura Baños‐Picón; Ignasi Bartomeus; Péter Batáry; Francoise Burel; Berta Caballero‐L...; Elena D. Concepción; Valérie Coudrain; Juliana Dänhardt; Mario Diaz; Tim Diekötter; Carsten F. Dormann; Rémi Duflot; Martin H. Entling; Nina Farwig; Christina Fischer; Thomas Frank; Lucas A. Garibaldi; John Hermann; Felix Herzog; Diego Inclán; Katja Jacot; Frank Jauker; Philippe Jeanneret; Marina Kaiser; Jochen Krauss; Violette Le Féon; Jon Marshall; Anna‐Camilla Moonen; Gerardo Moreno; Verena Riedinger; Maj Rundlöf; Adrien Rusch; Jeroen Scheper; Gudrun Schneider; Christof Schüepp; Sonja Stutz; Louis Sutter; Giovanni Tamburini; Carsten Thies; José Tormos; Teja Tscharntke; Matthias Tschumi; Deniz Uzman; Christian Wagner; Muhammad Zubair‐A...; Ingolf Steffan‐De...
• Keywords: Agroecosystem; Arable land; Agricultural biodiversity

Abstract Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key aim of sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement crop fields other habitats in impacts arthropods their functions poorly known. Synthesising data from 49 studies (1515 landscapes) across Europe, we examined effects landscape composition (% habitats) configuration (edge density) on margins, pest control, pollination yields. Configuration interacted with proportions non‐crop habitats, species’ dietary, dispersal overwintering traits led contrasting responses variables. Overall, however, high edge density, 70% pollinator 44% natural enemy species reached highest abundances control improved 1.7‐ 1.4‐fold respectively. Arable‐dominated densities achieved This suggests that enhancing density European agroecosystems can promote functional yield‐enhancing services.