Muriel Guernion

TL;DR: It is concluded that vegetation cover in inter‐rows contributes to biodiversity conservation and provides multiple ecosystem services, however, in drier climates grape yield might decrease without irrigation and careful vegetation management, and agri‐environmental policies should therefore focus on granting subsidies for the establishment of locally adapted diverse vegetation cover on vineyard inter‐row.

TL;DR: The French program Reseau de Mesures de la Qualite des Sols e Biodiversite was carried out at a regional scale (Brittany, west part of France) i) to produce a first statement regarding soil biodiversity, ii) to identify bioindicators of anthropic constraints, and iii) to determine baseline values for several biological groups depending on land uses as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: It is shown that studied animal and microbial groups, with the exception of epigeic springtails, are negatively affected by the intensity of agriculture, meadows and crops in rotation exhibiting features similar to their permanent counterparts.

TL;DR: The present results, obtained from the programme's spring 2009 sampling campaign, showed that earthworm and endogeic abundance as well as the individual weight of endoGEics seem to be good indicators in non-contaminated (cultivated) sites, while the ecological structure, namely the proportion of anecic vs. endo-geic species, and theportion of non-vulnerable species should be used as indicators of contaminated soils.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors collected, harmonized, collated, modelled, and depicted on a soil biodiversity map using multiple regressions relating relatively low density earthworm community data to soil characteristics, land use, vegetation and climate factors with a greater spatial resolution.