Thursday, 2 May 2024

Webinar on multi-species mixtures: the Swiss experience

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Prof. Andi Luescher presented a webinar on 30th April 2024 as part of the Agroecology Transect project. ( website:  agroecology-transect.net...
Thursday, 9 November 2023

Multi-species grasslands enhanced diversity of soil nematode community

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New research from the Teagasc Environment Research Centre, Johnstown Castle shows that higher plant diversity of intensively managed multi-s...
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Wednesday, 30 November 2022

Plant diversity (and drought) affect legacy effects on soil fertility

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We investigated the effect of grassland diversity, drought and higher nitrogen level on legacy effects. Legacy effects (measured as yield of...
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Friday, 4 November 2022

Assessing the habitat quality of Irish field margins

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  We developed a methodology to assess the habitat quality of field margins in a set of more intensively managed farms in Ireland. Overall, ...
Thursday, 3 March 2022

Semi-natural habitats and Ecological Focus Areas on Irish farmland

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HIighlights: We surveyed farmland habitats on tillage and more intensive beef and dairy farms. Habitat area was lower than that found in the...

Open Access data: landscape classification of Ireland

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The FarmForBio project has developed a landscape classification map of the Republic of Ireland.  The map and the GIS data are now available...
Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Lower nitrous oxide emissions intensity from multi-species swards

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Recent Teagasc research shows that multispecies grasslands can potentially reduce both nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions and emissions intensi...