Publications by authors named "Ariane Chabert"
This article present observational and experimental data describing a range of biotic and abiotic parameters that can be related to ecosystem services under contrasted types of crop management: conventional, conservation and organic agricultures. Ninety fields, either cultivated with winter wheat or fava bean, located in Southwestern France, near Toulouse, were monitored for two growing seasons (2014-2016). The dataset encompass data about crop pests (aphids, grain borer, bean beetles, slugs), crop pest natural enemies (hoverflies, parasitoids, predators), soil sensitivity to erosion, crop productivity, pathogenic fungal infection and root colonization by mycorrhiza.
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- - The concept that noncrop habitats can improve pest control while supporting biodiversity has gained traction, but the results are inconsistent across different studies.
- - An analysis of 132 studies showed that while landscape composition often influenced pest and natural enemy populations, the outcomes varied significantly, leading to no definitive improvement in overall pest management.
- - The findings suggest that noncrop habitats do not uniformly enhance pest control, indicating a need for better guidelines to help farmers understand when habitat conservation will actually benefit crop yields.