Unintentional effects of environmentally-friendly farming practices: Arising conflicts between zero-tillage and a crop pest, the common vole (Microtus arvalis)

•Common voles only detected in zero-tilled plots within an experimental design.•No voles detected in either reduced or conventional tilled plots.•Zero-tillage offers low disturbance habitat, often with established cover.•Fallow and vetch plots had highest occupancy, while no voles detected in pea pl...

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Published in:Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Main Authors: Roos, Deon, Caminero Saldaña, Constantino, Arroyo, Beatriz, Mougeot, François, Luque-Larena, Juan José, Lambin, Xavier
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019
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Common vole
Microtus arvalis
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6360522/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.11.013
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Summary:•Common voles only detected in zero-tilled plots within an experimental design.•No voles detected in either reduced or conventional tilled plots.•Zero-tillage offers low disturbance habitat, often with established cover.•Fallow and vetch plots had highest occupancy, while no voles detected in pea plots.•Crop nitrogen content not a predictive quality for common vole habitat choice.

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