Monoculture cropping systems currently dominate temperate agroecosystems. However,
intercropping can provide valuable benefits, including greater yield stability, increased total …

Legume-based mixtures have considerable interest for modern agriculture, because they
can increase or stabilize crop production and simultaneously provide important agro …

There is increasing evidence that the impact of climate change on the productivity of
grasslands will at least partly depend on their biodiversity. A high level of biodiversity may …

Grassland diversity can support sustainable intensification of grassland production through
increased yields, reduced inputs and limited weed invasion. We report the effects of diversity …

Managing the nitrogen (N) supply in agroecosystems is a critical issue to ensure sufficient
food production while preserving the environment. Intercropping is known to be a …

Compared to monocultures, multi‐species swards have demonstrated numerous positive
diversity effects on aboveground plant performance, such as yield, N concentration, and …

Although the positive effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning and stability have been
extensively documented in the literature, previous studies have mostly explored the …

Increasing sward phytodiversity has been suggested as having potential to increase primary
production of grasslands, but whether any such gains are converted into secondary …

Legumes are important in sustainable agriculture and particularly so when they are
intercropped with other species. In breeding programs, little attention is paid to their …

Soil microbial community structure is determined by environmental conditions and
influenced by other factors, such as the intensity of the land use management. Studies …