Assessing biodiversity in arable farmland by means of indicators: an overview

Bockstaller, Christian; Lasserre-Joulin, Françoise; Slezack‐Deschaumes, Sophie; Piutti, Séverine; Villerd, Jean; Amiaud, Bernard; Plantureux, Sylvain

doi:10.1051/ocl.2011.0381

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“…Although literature reviews are available for sustainability assessment methods based on indicators for specifi c themes, such as pesticides (e.g. Reus et al, 2002), nitrogen (Buczko and Kuchenbuch, 2010) or biodiversity (Dennis et al, 2009;Bockstaller et al, 2011), there is relatively little integration of these topics into wholefarm assessments across indicator sub-themes, and then across the three dimensions.…”

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“…However, the authors recognised that system-state indicators are intermediate and can be grouped with emission indicators as in Bockstaller et al (2008). Bockstaller et al (2011 and2015) considered the nature or structure of environmental indicators (Figure 1) and proposed three categories for environmental indicators that may address a single theme: (a) simple indicator based on a causal variable or a simple combination of variables; (b) predictive indicators based on outputs from models of varying complexity; and (c) measured indicators based on fi eld measurement or observation. Both (a) and (b) correspond to pressure variables while (c) correspond to state variables.…”

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Measurement of sustainability in agriculture: a review of indicators

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Measurement of sustainability in agriculture: a review of indicators

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et al. 2016

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“…Potential drivers of intermediate sectors (FG, Fw, Gw, FGw) A. Alignier et al Ecological Indicators 85 (2018) 832-840 stakeholders who need to assess the impact of agriculture on biodiversity (Delbaere, 2003;Bockstaller et al, 2011). But few of them are based upon direct measurements of organisms (see Clergué et al, 2005 for an overview) and enable users to analyze the causal relationships between vegetation patterns and management data (Pywell et al, 2011;Ricou et al, 2014).…”

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Ecobordure: A flora-based indicator to assess vegetation patterns of field margins and infer its local drivers. Design in Brittany (France)

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A B S T R A C TField margins are key landscape elements contributing to maintain biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Yet, their ecological value is often poorly assessed and restricted to landscape descriptors, e.g. density or structure of hedgerows. We introduce Ecobordure, a flora-based indicator designed to describe vegetation patterns of field margins and infer on drivers leading to these patterns, i.e. structure and management practices of field margins. Ecobordure first targets agricultural teachers and advisers, who want to learn and help students and farmers to learn about patterns and drivers of field margin vegetation, for promoting management practices favorable to this biodiversity. Here, we present the stages of the Ecobordure design and output validation. The first stage consisted of elucidating the relationship between vegetation composition and structural and management characteristics of field margins. Canonical Correspondence Analyses were performed on empirical datasets derived from field work in bocage regions of Brittany (north-western France). This first stage led to the selection of 31 reference species, quite common, easy-to-recognize and representative of i) the whole community and ii) a wide range of ecological attributes. The 31 reference species were classified in three groups sharing similar life history traits and ecological attributes: "forest-edge", "grassland" and "weed" species. The second stage consisted of the graphical representation of field margins in a triplot diagram, the "Ecobordure triangle", according to the relative percentage of the three species groups. The representation of the Ecobordure triangle was then refined through segmentation in seven sectors to facilitate the reading and interpretation of results. Finally, the output validation of the indicator was performed by testing the consistency between Ecobordure outputs and structural and management characteristics of field margins, using an independent dataset. Our results demonstrate that Ecobordure is a simple, efficient and reliable indicator allowing users to characterize vegetation patterns of field margins and identify potential drivers leading to these patterns. In its original form, Ecobordure can be applied to a broad spectrum of field margins in European bocage regions with temperate oceanic climate, on acidic to neutral soil. However, its use can be extended to other agricultural regions through adaptation of the species list. We conclude by giving some information about Ecobordure use and appropriation by end users. IntroductionBiodiversity in agricultural landscapes is associated with both seminatural elements, e.g. woodland and hedgerows, and productive even intensively-managed elements such as crop and grassland fields (Fahrig et al., 2011). All these elements are interspersed in landscapes and inter-related by structural relationships, ecological processes and agricultural management decisions (Burel and Baudry, 1999). Therefore, segregating areas for conservation cannot be the only way to ma...

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“…Si l'on s'intéresse à des indicateurs plus globaux (Bockstaller et al, 2011), comme la diversité aviaire (Sausse et al, 2011a) ou les régulations naturelles des populations d'insectes du colza (Valentin-Morison, 2012), l'échelle de la parcelle ou de la culture n'est plus adaptée et on ne peut valablement approcher que des phénomènes significatifs au plan régional (Lecomte, 2011).…”

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Gestion agronomique des parcelles et des systèmes de culture : un élément clé pour la production durable des cultures oléagineuses et pour l’orientation des programmes de recherche/développement

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2015

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Résumé -À partir des études en cours au CETIOM ou chez les partenaires de R&D du CETIOM, le cahier des charges pour la production d'oléagineux dans des systèmes de culture durables est analysé. L'évolution des programmes de R&D sur les oléagineux montre que les études mobilisent des compétences relevant de disciplines complémentaires et prennent de mieux en mieux en compte les effets systémiques. En ce qui concerne la vulgarisation des résultats auprès des agriculteurs, elle repose encore sur une communication de type « Top-Down », mais les réseaux d'agriculteurs sont de plus en plus sollicités pour contribuer à la mise au point et à la diffusion de systèmes de culture innovants.Mots clés : Oléagineux / système de culture / développement durable / recherche / communication Abstract -Field and cropping system management: a key issue for sustainable production of oilseed crops and for designing R&D program. From the past and current studies in CETIOM or with its R&D partners the specifications for the production of oilseed crops within sustainable cropping systems are analyzed. The evolution of R&D programs on oilseeds crops mobilize skills of complementary disciplines and take into account better and better the systemic effects. As regards the popularization of the results with the farmers, it still relies on a "Top -Down" communication, but farmers' networks are more and more requested to contribute to the development and to the broadcasting of innovative cropping systems.

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Assessing biodiversity in arable farmland by means of indicators: an overview

Cited by 24 publications

References 41 publications

Measurement of sustainability in agriculture: a review of indicators

Measurement of sustainability in agriculture: a review of indicators

Ecobordure: A flora-based indicator to assess vegetation patterns of field margins and infer its local drivers. Design in Brittany (France)

Gestion agronomique des parcelles et des systèmes de culture : un élément clé pour la production durable des cultures oléagineuses et pour l’orientation des programmes de recherche/développement

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