Smart management is key for successful diversification of field margins in highly productive farmland

In highly productive farmlands, field margins could offer habitats and refuges for many plant and animal species. But species-rich field margins are rapidly declining due to field enlargements and unfavourable management practices. In European farmland, management is usually restricted to repeated mulching during the growing season or mulching once a year between September and February. Under nutrient-rich conditions, both methods benefit...