Instant Insights: Regenerative techniques to enhance biodiversity

• Chapter 1 - The impact and design of field margins in promoting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Jane Morrison, Bishop's University, Canada;
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Beneficial impacts
  • 3 Design and management
  • 4 Enhancement: sowing with seed mixes
  • 5 The economics of field margins
  • 6 Conclusion and future trends in research
  • 7 Where to look for further information
  • 8 References

Chapter taken from: Reid, N. and Smith, R. (eds.), Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Conservation, restoration and rewilding, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN 978 1 80146 454 3)

• Chapter 2 - The impact and management of hedgerows in promoting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Ian Montgomery and Neil Reid, Queen’s University of Belfast, UK;
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Origin and management history of hedgerows
  • 3 Ecological processes and biodiversity in hedgerows
  • 4 Landscape factors influencing hedgerow biodiversity
  • 5 Regionality: a case study of hedgerows in Northern Ireland
  • 6 Wider benefits of increased biodiversity in hedgerows
  • 7 Key hedgerow management techniques to enhance biodiversity
  • 8 Barriers to conservation management of hedgerows
  • 9 Policy affecting hedgerows
  • 10 Future directions in monitoring hedgerow condition
  • 11 Where to look for further information
  • 12 References

Chapter taken from: Reid, N. and Smith, R. (eds.), Managing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Conservation, restoration and rewilding, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN 978 1 80146 454 3)

• Chapter 3 - Modelling and optimising associated biodiversity in alley cropping systems: Mário Santos, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal and Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Para, Brazil; Berta Gonçalves and André Fonseca, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Para, Brazil; Henrique Trindade, Fátima Gonçalves and Cristina Carlos, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro- Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; Darinka Gonzalez, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal and University of Vigo, Spain; Mário Gonzalez Pereira and Lívia Madureira, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; Mariane Cristina Inocente and Fátima Piña-Rodrigues, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil; João Santos, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; and Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain;
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Using ecological models to predict biodiversity outcomes from alley croping
  • 3 Simulation in practice: materials and methods
  • 4 Results: trends in associated biodiversity along a gradient of agroecosystem practices
  • 5 Results: comparing predictions of associated biodiversity
  • 6 Assessing implications for different management strategies to optimise associated biodiversity
  • 7 The nexus between alley cropping, biodiversity and sustainable agriculture
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 9 Acknowledgements
  • 10 Where to look for further information
  • 11 Appendix: Modelling parameters
  • 12 References

Chapter taken from: Mosquera-Losada, M. R., Ladislau, M., Pantera, A. and Chatrchyan, A. (eds.), Advances in temperate agroforestry, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2025, (ISBN 978 1 80146 719 3)

• Chapter 4 - Designing and developing multi-species swards/herbal leys: Thomas Moloney, DLF, Ireland;
  • 1 Grasslands in agriculture
  • 2 Renewed interest in grass-legume systems
  • 3 Policy-driven shifts in grassland management
  • 4 Emergence and potential of multispecies swards
  • 5 Design principles for multispecies swards
  • 6 Practical aspects of establishing and managing multispecies swards
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 8 References
  • 9 Acknowledgements

Chapter taken from: van den Pol-van Dasselaar, A. (ed.), Advances in temperate grassland science and management, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2025, (ISBN 978 1 80146 902 9)