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 …

INTRODUCTION In intensively utilized agricultural landscapes. much of the wild plant and
animal life occurs in strips of land adjoining arable helds. here-after called held …

Linear landscape elements such as hedgerows and road verges have the potential to
mitigate the adverse effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on species, for …

In recent decades the botanical diversity of arable field boundaries has declined drastically.
To determine the most important factors related to the species composition of arable field …

To determine the importance of field boundary habitats for farmland biodiversity, we
surveyed a total of 193 boundaries from four climatically and agriculturally dissimilar regions …

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 …

Question: How distinct is the flora of field boundaries? How does the structure of field
boundaries determine the composition of vegetation? Location: Estonia, six 4 km× 4 km …

Three field experiments with broadened permanent field boundaries were established in
agricultural landscapes near Uppsala (southern Sweden). One aim was to test methods for …

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 …

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 …