A plant trait-based response-and-effect framework to assess vineyard inter-row soil management

Kazakou, Elena; Fried, Guillaume; Richarte, Jean; Giménez, Olivier; Violle, Cyrille; Métay, Aurélie

doi:10.1080/23818107.2016.1232205

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“…Ferrara et al ., ). Weed diversity typically decreases as either soil disturbance or herbicide use increase, indicating that these have a stronger filtering effect on weeds than alternative floor (soil and vegetation) management practices such as mowing (Bruggisser et al ., ; Sanguankeo & León, ; Kazakou et al ., ). Kazakou et al .…”

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Management practices influence the competitive potential of weed communities and their value to biodiversity in South African vineyards

2019

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Weeds have negative impacts on crop production but also play a role in sustaining biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. This trade-off raises the question of whether it is possible to promote weed communities with low competitive potential but high value to biodiversity. Here, we explored how weed communities respond to different vineyard management practices in South Africa's Western Cape, aiming to identify whether any specific practices are associated with more beneficial weed communities. Eight weed community characteristics representative of abundance, diversity and functional composition were used as indicators of competitive potential and biodiversity value. We explored how these responded to farm management strategy (organic, low input or conventional) and weed management practices (herbicides, tillage, mowing or combinations of these) using ordination and mixed models. Mown sites were associated with weed communities of high biodiversity value, with higher weed cover in both winter and summer, higher diversity and more native weeds. Mowing also promoted shorter weeds than either tillage or herbicides, considered to be less competitive with grapevines. However, high summer weed cover may be problematic where competition for water is critical, in which case tillage offers a method to limit summer weed cover that did not adversely affect diversity or native weeds. In contrast, herbicide-treated sites had characteristics indicative of a lower biodiversity value and higher potential for competitiveness with few native weeds, lower diversity and relatively tall, small-seeded weeds. Mowing in winter combined with tillage in spring may thus optimise the biodiversity benefits and production costs of Western Cape vineyard weeds.

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Management practices influence the competitive potential of weed communities and their value to biodiversity in South African vineyards

2019

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“…Most winegrowers control ground vegetation by means of tilling, mulching or herbicide applications. Intensive tillage has been shown to decrease plant and animal species diversity for some taxa (Kazakou et al., ; Paoletti et al., ). However, others revealed no significant effects or variable and conflicting responses to herbicide treatments (Caprio, Nervo, Isaia, Allegro, & Rolando, ).…”

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“…Most winegrowers control ground vegetation by means of tilling, mulching or herbicide applications. Intensive tillage has been shown to decrease plant and animal species diversity for some taxa (Kazakou et al, 2016;Paoletti et al, 1998) Besides direct effects on species, vineyard management also affects the provision of certain ES such as grape production, pest control or the prevention of soil erosion (Winkler et al, 2017). Intensive soil tillage and herbicide application trigger soil erosion, which is a threat to biodiversity (Montanarella, 2005) and ES provision (Novara, Gristina, Guaitoli, Santoro, & Cerdà, 2013).…”

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Effects of vegetation management intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in vineyards: A meta‐analysis

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Strauß

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Journal of Applied Ecology

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At the global scale, vineyards are usually managed intensively to optimize wine production without considering possible negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) such as high soil erosion rates, degradation of soil fertility or contamination of groundwater. Winegrowers regulate competition for water and nutrients between the vines and inter‐row vegetation by tilling, mulching and/or herbicide application. Strategies for more sustainable viticulture recommend maintaining vegetation cover in inter‐rows, however, there is a lack of knowledge as to what extent this less intensive inter‐row management affects biodiversity and associated ES.We performed a hierarchical meta‐analysis to quantify the effects of extensive vineyard inter‐row vegetation management in comparison to more intensive management (like soil tillage or herbicide use) on biodiversity and ES from 74 studies covering four continents and 13 wine‐producing countries.Overall, extensive vegetation management increased above‐ and below‐ground biodiversity and ecosystem service provision by 20% in comparison to intensive management. Organic management together with management without herbicides showed a stronger positive effect on ES and biodiversity provision than inter‐row soil tillage.Soil loss parameters showed the largest positive response to inter‐row vegetation cover. The second highest positive response was observed for biodiversity variables, followed by carbon sequestration, pest control and soil fertility. We found no trade‐off between grape yield and quality vs. biodiversity or other ES. Synthesis and applications. Our meta‐analysis concludes that vegetation cover in inter‐rows contributes to biodiversity conservation and provides multiple ecosystem services. However, in drier climates grape yield might decrease without irrigation and careful vegetation management. Agri‐environmental policies should therefore focus on granting subsidies for the establishment of locally adapted diverse vegetation cover in vineyard inter‐rows. Future studies should focus on analysing the combined effects of local vineyard management and landscape composition and advance research in wine‐growing regions in Asia and in the southern hemisphere.

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“…Spontaneous vegetation is made up of local weeds that can be controlled and/or destroyed during the vine cycle. Spontaneous vegetation can be preferred as it embodies a costless intercropping option and may offer interesting trade-offs between ES (Kazakou et al, 2016). However, the production of biomass may be less important than with sown species (Steenwerth et al, 2010).…”

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Management of service crops for the provision of ecosystem services in vineyards: A review

Garcia

Celette

Gary

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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Service crops are crops grown with the aim of providing non-marketed ecosystem services, i.e. differing from food, fiber and fuel production. Vineyard soils face various agronomic issues such as poor organic carbon levels, erosion, fertility losses, and numerous studies have highlighted the ability of service crops to address these issues. In addition to their ability to increase soil organic matter and fertility, and reduce runoff and erosion processes, service crops provide a large variety of ecosystem services in vineyards such as weed control, pest and disease regulation, water supply, water purification, improvement of field trafficability and maintenance of soil biodiversity. However, associating service crops with grapevines may also generate disservices and impair grape production: competition for soil resources with the grapevine is often highlighted to reject such association. Consequently, vinegrowers have to find a balance between services and disservices, depending on local soil and climate conditions, on their objectives of grape production and on the nature and temporality of the ecosystem services they expect during the grapevine cycle. This study proposes a review of the services and disservices provided by service crops in vineyards, and a framework for their management. Vinegrowers' production objectives and pedoclimatic constraints form the preliminary stage to consider before defining a strategy of service crop management. This strategy assembles management options such as the choice of species, its spatial distribution within the vineyard, the timing of its installation, maintenance and destruction. These management options, defined for both annual and long-term time scales, form action levers which may impact cropping system functioning. Finally, we underline the importance of implementing an adaptive strategy at the seasonal time scale. Such tactical management allows adapting the cropping system to observed climate and state of the biophysical system during the grapevine cycle, in order to provide targeted services and achieve satisfactory production objectives.

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A plant trait-based response-and-effect framework to assess vineyard inter-row soil management

Cited by 55 publications

References 106 publications

Management practices influence the competitive potential of weed communities and their value to biodiversity in South African vineyards

Management practices influence the competitive potential of weed communities and their value to biodiversity in South African vineyards

Effects of vegetation management intensity on biodiversity and ecosystem services in vineyards: A meta‐analysis

Management of service crops for the provision of ecosystem services in vineyards: A review

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