The creation of temporal and newly sown field margins for 6 years is a common agri-
environment scheme (AES) in the Netherlands. Conservation profits resulting from AES vary …

Taking field margins out of intensive cultivation is a common form of agri-environmental
scheme and on-farm nature management. Typically, no nutrients or pesticides are applied in …

Field margins have been widely advocated as a means of integrating agronomic and
biodiversity objectives and are included in agri-environment schemes across Europe …

Despite an ongoing reduction in field boundary habitats (Chapman & Sheail, 1994), a range
of public initiatives has resulted in the creation of new field margin features on ex-arable …

In France, the Netherlands and the UK, arable field boundaries were extended with four
metres of crop edge. Plots with perennial, herbaceous vegetation were established by …

Early succession of newly created sown/unsown margin strips on ex-arable land, managed
by two cuttings per year with/without removal of cuttings, was characterised by the …

Plant species composition and species number were studied in two types of field margins:
31 arable field margins and 33 road verges. Both field margin types were adjacent to …

A survey of the common plant species, including weedy species, in crop edges and adjacent
boundaries (neither of which had received artifical fertilizer or herbicides in the preceding 2 …

This study examined whether meadow edges have higher plant species richness and
evenness than the centre of meadows and whether these effects differ between …

Vegetation composition in contrasting field boundary plots was analysed by means of
transects perpendicular to the arable field 3 years after establishment. Plots were …