Organic versus conventional systems in viticulture: Comparative effects on spiders and carabids in vineyards and adjacent forests

Enrico Caprio, Beatrice Nervo, Marco Isaia, Gianni Allegro and Antonio Rolando

Agricultural Systems, 2015, vol. 136, issue C, 61-69

Abstract: Farming systems and management regimes of vineyards may affect local biodiversity of plants and invertebrates. While most studies have focused on the overall biodiversity of vineyards, there has been little consideration of the response of different ecological guilds to vineyard management, or to how vineyard management affects communities of adjacent semi-natural habitats.

Keywords: Biodiversity; Araneae; Carabidae; Organic farming; Vineyards; Forest patches (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.02.009

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