Claim · #6495350
intercropped plant species · facilitation · crop plants
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“crop diversity improved (aboveground) biodiversity, pest control, nutrient cycling, and water regulation”
- Authors
- Tamburini G., Bommarco R., Wanger T.C., Kremen C., van der Heijden M.G.A., Liebman M., Hallin S.
- Year
- 2020
- Publication
- Science Advances
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Crop diversification (intercropping, rotation) improving aboveground biodiversity, pest control, nutrient cycling, and water regulation is consensus finding in second-order meta-analyses (Tamburini, Beillouin).”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Nutrient cycling and water regulation effects of crop diversification align with established soil-science literature on rotation/intercropping benefits to N cycling and infiltration.”
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