Farming intensity indirectly reduces crop yield through negative effects on agrobiodiversity and key ecological functions

In this study we estimated direct and indirect contributions of farming intensity (soil management, pesticide use and fertilisation) and landscape heterogeneity (of semi-natural covers and crop mosaic) to cereal crop production, in 54 fields (mostly wheat), in two years (24 and 30 fields). Indirect effects were evaluated through agrobiodiversity (carabid and plant communities) and ecological functions (pollination and pest control). The data set is composed of 36 variables of ecological, landscape and farming practices measures related to the above-mentioned components. See related publication and online appendix (open access) for more details on study areas, studied fields and protocols.