Co-benefits from tree planting in a typical English agricultural landscape: Comparing the relative effectiveness of hedgerows, agroforestry and woodland creation for improving crop pollination services

Image, Mike; Gardner, Emma; Breeze, Tom D.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106497

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“…The effect of mixed crops, organic culture, conservation tillage, wildflowers, natural margins, hedgerows, green spaces, etc. can be variable (Allasino et al, 2023;Bencharki et al, 2023;McCullough et al, 2021;Cusser et al, 2023;Donkersley et al, 2023;Fountain, 2022;Image et al, 2023;Jacobs et al, 2023;Kirsch et al, 2023;Kuppler et al, 2023;Nel et al, 2017;Sentil et al, 2022;Toivonen et al, 2021;Zamorano et al, 2020). Most of this research has been conducted in Europe and North America with fewer reports from Asia, Africa and South America (Archer et al, 2014).…”

Section: Managing the Pollinator Communitymentioning

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Fruit set is moderately dependent on insect pollinators in strawberry and is limited by the availability of pollen under natural open conditions

Menzel¹

2023

The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

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Modern strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa Duch.) cultivars are hermaphrodite and have fertile flowers, with the anthers releasing viable pollen. Cultivars are self-compatible and do not require cross-pollination. Studies supporting managed or wild insects are based on a few reports and there are problems with the methods used to assess pollination. This review examined the role of pollination in strawberry. The mean (± s.d. or standard deviation) pollinator dependence (PD) for yield (self-pollination versus open-or insect-assisted pollination) was 0.36 ± 0.26 (P < 0.001, N = 52 studies). The yields of plants exposed to supplementary insects were higher than those exposed to pollinators under natural open conditions, with a calculated pollen limitation (PL) of 0.20 ± 0.17 (P < 0.001, N = 20 studies). Fields close to seminatural habitats, wildflowers, grass or hedges can have more pollinators and a greater diversity of pollinators than fields further away. However, a greater abundance of pollinators does not always lead to higher fruit set. Yield is dependent on insect pollinators (moderate pollinator dependence) and is limited by the availability of pollen under natural open conditions (moderate pollen limitation).

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Fruit set is moderately dependent on insect pollinators in strawberry and is limited by the availability of pollen under natural open conditions

Menzel¹

2023

The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

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“…Such actions can support decision-making processes for the management of sustainable and multifunctional systems (Lecegui et al 2022 andMinini et al 2024). Additionally, in the agroforestry systems there is co-bene ts to bee populations for crop pollination services (Image et al 2023). While in livestock systems, trees can provide thermal comfort for animals during warm days (Teixeira et al 2022).…”

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Agrossilvipastoril systems such as timber production options and carbon stock

Lima,

Ranzini,

Nicodemo

et al. 2024

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In Agrossilvipastoril systems trees are cultivated together with agricultural crops or animals, aiming at multiple uses therefore constituting a viable option for better soil use. Thus, reversing the processes of degradation of natural resources, to increase the availability of wood, food and environmental services and emerging as a sustainable alternative to the currently used wood production systems. Here we investigate the effect of the Silvi-agricultural and Silvi-pastoral systems on dendrometric data, mean annual increment (MAI), CO2 sequestration, wood density and anatomical features of Croton floribundus and Guazuma ulmifolia trees. The highest values of DBH (1.3 m from the ground), tree volume, volume per ha and MAI were observed in the silvi-agricultural system. Among the systems, Croton floribundus presented higher values compared to Guazuma ulmifolia in the silvi-agricultural system. While in the silvi-pastoral system, greater DBH and consequently greater volume of trees, volume per ha and MAI occurred in G. ulmifolia when compared to C. floribundus. CO2 sequestration values corroborated the MAI, with higher values in the silvi-agricultural system. Wood properties are affected in part by the type of system. We report shorter fibers with thicker walls in the silvi-agricultural system for Croton floribundus. Additionally, we show that it is possible to associate the planting of short-cycle crops with the production of trees to obtain wood, increase the carbon stock and still be aligned with the criteria of Environmental, Social, and Governance. Results that encourage the practice of agroforestry systems with multiple sources of income.

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Agroforestry policy development in England: a question of knowledge transference

Venn,

Burbi

2023

Land Use Policy

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Co-benefits from tree planting in a typical English agricultural landscape: Comparing the relative effectiveness of hedgerows, agroforestry and woodland creation for improving crop pollination services

Cited by 3 publications

References 53 publications

Fruit set is moderately dependent on insect pollinators in strawberry and is limited by the availability of pollen under natural open conditions

Fruit set is moderately dependent on insect pollinators in strawberry and is limited by the availability of pollen under natural open conditions

Agrossilvipastoril systems such as timber production options and carbon stock

Agroforestry policy development in England: a question of knowledge transference

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