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Biodiversity and ecosystem services: think functional!
Uyttenbroeck, Roel; Hatt, Séverin; Paul, Aman et al.
2014National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences
 

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Keywords :
functional diversity; wildflower strips; ecosystem services; functional traits; biodiversity support; field experiment; agricultural landscape
Abstract :
[en] During the last years, several studies and reviews have considered the relation between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning or the provision of ecosystem services. Many studies found that plant functional traits and plant functional diversity (FD) are key drivers in this relation in terrestrial ecosystems. Researchers used different methods to obtain a gradient in plant FD to examine the effect on ecosystem services, going from observational studies of natural communities to synthetic assemblages. Furthermore, different methods exist to quantify plant FD going from simple functional trait richness to indices, distance-based frameworks and the division into FD components. In the AgricultureIsLife project, we set up a field experiment aiming to examine the biodiversity – ecosystem service relation in agricultural context. The experiment consists of perennial wildflower strips with different plant functional diversities in an arable field with conventional crop production. The wildflower strips were sown as synthetic assemblages but are subject to natural succession during the following years. We monitor the evolution of FD from the sowing to the establishment of a typical wildflower strip using Rhao’s quadratic entropy index to quantify FD. In addition, the flower strips will be monitored for four ecosystem services they are expected to provide: pollination, pest control, biodiversity support and provision of valuable compounds.
Research center :
TERRA Teaching and Research Centre - TERRA
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Food science
Agriculture & agronomy
Entomology & pest control
Author, co-author :
Uyttenbroeck, Roel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Hatt, Séverin ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Paul, Aman ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Boeraeve, Fanny ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Biodiversité et Paysage
Francis, Frédéric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Entomologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Danthine, Sabine  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Chimie et bio-industries > Science des alim. et formul.
Frederich, Michel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Pharmacognosie
Dufrêne, Marc  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Bodson, Bernard ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Phytotechnie des régions tempérées
Monty, Arnaud ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Biodiversité et Paysage
Language :
English
Title :
Biodiversity and ecosystem services: think functional!
Publication date :
07 February 2014
Number of pages :
A0
Event name :
National Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences
Event place :
Gembloux, Belgium
Event date :
07-02-2014
Name of the research project :
AgricultureIsLife
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