TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kernecker, Maria
A1  - Fienitz, Meike
A1  - Nendel, Claas
A1  - Paetzig, Marlene
A1  - Walzl, Karin Pirhofer
A1  - Raatz, Larissa
A1  - Schmidt, Martin
A1  - Wulf, Monika
A1  - Zscheischler, Jana
T1  - Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields
JF  - Ecological solutions and evidence
N2  - Biodiversity conservation and agricultural production have been largely framed as separate goals for landscapes in the discourse on land use. Although there is an increasing tendency to move away from this dichotomy in theory, the tendency is perpetuated by the spatially explicit approaches used in research and management practice. Transition zones (TZ) have previously been defined as areas where two adjacent fields or patches interact, and so they occur abundantly throughout agricultural landscapes. Biodiversity patterns in TZ have been extensively studied, but their relationship to yield patterns and social-ecological dimensions has been largely neglected. Focusing on European, temperate agricultural landscapes, we outline three areas of research and management that together demonstrate how TZ might be used to facilitate an integrated landscape approach: (i) plant and animal species' use and response to boundaries and the resulting effects on yield, for a deeper understanding of how landscape structure shapes quantity and quality of TZ; (ii) local knowledge on field or patch-level management and its interactions with biodiversity and yield in TZ, and (iii) conflict prevention and collaborative management across land-use boundaries.
KW  - ecotones
KW  - field boundaries
KW  - functional traits
KW  - landscape complexity;
KW  - land-use conflicts
KW  - local knowledge
KW  - spillovers
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12122
SN  - 2688-8319
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -