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SUBMITTER: Blaix C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7498012 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blaix Cian C Moonen Anna-Camilla AC
PloS one 20200917 9
<h4>Background</h4>Field margins are ecologically important to an agroecosystem as they are a source of biodiversity. They can be composed of a diverse flora which may offer resources to a wide range of insects and birds. The vegetation composition of field margins is determined by soil characteristics, management, and landscape structures. However, little is known about the effect of individual field margin components such as ditches, grass strips, shrubs and trees, and the overall margin's com ...[more]