Winqvist, Camilla
(2012).
More biodiversity on organic farms?
Uppsala:
(NL, NJ) > Dept. of Ecology
(S) > Dept. of Ecology, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet.
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Abstract
Plants benefit from organic farming, particularly plants that are insect pollinated, annuals and rare. Around 20 percent greater diversity has been found on organic farms, when compared to conventional farms. Yet no difference was found between farms that had newly conver - ted to organic farming and those that had been organic for longer. Plant diversity benefited immediately from the change in farming system. This was down to ceasing to use herbicides, growing a wider variety of crops on the farms and that the stands of crops were thinner.
| Authors/Creators: | Winqvist, Camilla |
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| Title: | More biodiversity on organic farms? |
| Year of publishing : | 2012 |
| Number of Pages: | 4 |
| Place of Publication: | Uppsala |
| Publisher: | Centre for Organic Food & Farming (EPOK), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Type: | Factsheet |
| Article category: | Popular |
| Full Text Status: | Public |
| Agris subject categories.: | F Plant production > F08 Cropping patterns and systems |
| Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Agricultural Science (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Food Science (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 405 Other Agricultural Sciences > Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use |
| Agrovoc terms: | organic agriculture, organic farming, biodiversity, ecosystems, sweden |
| Keywords: | Organic farming, biodiversity |
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3283 |
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3283 |
| ID Code: | 13130 |
| Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap S - Faculty of Forest Sciences |
| Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Ecology (S) > Dept. of Ecology |
| Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector |
| Deposited On: | 30 Mar 2016 14:12 |
| Metadata Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2016 17:48 |
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