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Research Highlight discussing: Boinot, S., Alignier, A., Aviron, S., Bertrand, C., Cheviron, N., Comment, G., Jeavons, E., Le Lann, C., Mondy, S., Mougin, C., Précigout, P.-A., Ricono, C., Robert, C., Saias, G., Vandenkoornhuyse, P., & Mony, C. (2024). Organic farming and semi-natural habitats for multifunctional agriculture: A case study in hedgerow landscapes of Brittany. Journal of Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14825. Agricultural expansion and intensification are key drivers of biodiversity loss. In search of more sustainable ways to produce food and conserve biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, the benefit of multiple local- and landscape-scale measures, and their interaction, has received a lot of attention. Yet to date few studies take on a holistic view and simultaneously evaluate multiple functions and benefits provided by these measures. In their multifunctionality assessment, Boinot et al. (2024) show that adoption of organic management as local-scale measure in winter cereals have positive effects on biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and economic performance, in spite of the significantly reduced food production. More hedgerow density resulted in some benefits, but clear interactions between organic management and hedgerow density in the wider landscape were rare and depended on the evaluated spatial scale. We argue that more taxa, functions and focus crops should be included in future studies. In addition, assessing a broader gradient in hedgerow density, and including other types of semi-natural habitat such as road verges, small forest patches and semi-natural grasslands, can lead to identification of more clear synergies between local- and landscape-scale measures. In sum, the study of Boinot et al. (2024) provides a compelling example of assessing how local and landscape-scale measures mediate multiple benefits.

Chianucci, F., Napoleone, F., Ricotta, C., Ferrara, C., Fusaro, L., Balducci, L., Trentanovi, G., Bradley, O., Kovacs, B., Mina, M., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Vandekerkhove, K., De Smedt, P., Lens, L., Hertzog, L., Verheyen, K., Hofmeister, J., Hošek, J., Matula, R., … Burrascano, S. (2024). Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(10), 2350–2364. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14740

The name of the author Jan Helback is incorrect; the correct name is Jan Helbach. Additionally, please add the following funding information to the Acknowledgements section: “JH received funding from the DFG in the RTG ConFoBi, GRK2123/1—2016”.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thank Stefano Chelli for providing trait data for a subset of species. The data set has been compiled within the COST ACTION CA18207 ‘Biodiversity of Temperate forest Taxa Orienting Management Sustainability by Unifying Perspectives’ (Bottoms-Up). The project has been funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.4—Call for tender no. 3138 of 16 December 2021, rectified by Decree No. 3175 of 18 December 2021 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union—NextGenerationEU; Award Number: Project code CN_00000033, Concession Decree No. 1034 of 17 June 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP B83D21014060006, Project title ‘National Biodiversity Future Center—NBFC’. MM received funding from the H2020-MSCA-IF project REINFORCE (Grant No. 891671). MU, FM and KU received funding by project APVV-19-0319 of the Slovak Research and Development Agency, by the Scientific Grant Agency VEGA 1/0624/21. JH received funding from the DFG in the RTG ConFoBi, GRK2123/1—2016.

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