Compensation can be defined as a process by which a system is able to regain its normal
state in response to losing a part of its structure. From genes to individuals to communities,
compensatory processes ensure functionality, stability and resilience. While there is a rich
literature on compensation in natural and semi-natural communities, as well as for crop
monocultures, quantification of compensation in the context of diversified agro-ecosystems,
such as binary crop mixtures, has remained underdeveloped. We elaborate a method of …