Establishing cover crops, refugia and field borders adjacent to crop fields : evaluating the impacts on soil health, arthropod diversity, wildlife habitat and potential economic benefits
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"This case study was conducted at the MU Bradford Research Center (now the MU Central Missouri Research, Extension and Education Center), located near Columbia, Missouri; and at various locations across the state to provide information on the effects of establishing cover crops as part of a conventional soybean/corn crop-rotation system, coupled with the establishment and management of adjacent field borders had on selected soil health parameters; refugia for arthropods, including insects and pollinators; wildlife habitat; and potential economic benefits. We use the terms "refugium" and its plural "refugia" to describe an area with a plant community that provides the habitat conditions that support arthropod diversity over a period of time. Refugium is a more specific scientific term for an area that provides stable conditions over long periods of time, allowing a population or species to survive and persist through a major, long-term environmental change." -- first page
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