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

• Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
• Main Authors: Roos, Deon, Saldana, Constantino Caminero, Arroyo, Beatriz, Mougeot, Francois, Luque-Larena, Juan Jose, Lambin, Xavier
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen.Environment and Food Security
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: SDG 15 - Life on Land; pest; outbreak management; tillage; land-use; QH301 Biology; Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); BB/M010996/1; 1806187; QH301; Common vole; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11782; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.11.013

We are grateful to Dra. Aurora Sombrero Sacristán (ITACyL) and her staff for allowing this experiment to take place parallel to their own and for providing information on the experimental field for this research. We would also like to thank Dr Alex Douglas for his help with the statistical analysis, and K. Barré and an anonymous reviewer for help comments on the MS. This work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [grant number BB/M010996/1], through Eastbio DTP. The surveys were carried out under ITACYL project 2007/2155. Sir Maitland Mackie Scholarship provided additional funding to the lead author, D. Roos, for which he is grateful. The authors report no conflict of interests. Peer reviewed