Université de Fribourg

Effects of vineyard management on biodiversity at three trophic levels

Bruggisser, Odile T. ; Schmidt-Entling, Martin H. ; Bacher, Sven

In: Biological Conservation, 2010, vol. 143, no. 6, p. 1521-1528

In annual crops, where disturbance intensities are generally high, numerous investigations demonstrated beneficial effects of organic and other extensive farming practices on biodiversity. It is however unclear if organic farming has the same beneficial effect in perennial crops (e.g. vineyards) because of a generally reduced background disturbance level. Moreover, the impact of farming practices...