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Article: New applied ecology study findings have been published by scientists at University of Gottingen.(Report)
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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"1. The structural complexity of agricultural landscapes influences the local biodiversity and associated ecosystem services," scientists writing in the Journal of Applied Ecology report.
"Hence, developing effective biodiversity management requires a better understanding of the relative importance of local and landscape changes, especially for functionally important organisms such as hover flies benefiting from flowering plants. 2. We examined hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) communities in broad and narrow sown flower strips, in naturally developed grassy strips and in wheat fields (as a control). We also investigated the effects of these four habitat types on ...