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GCSE Biology · key term
A strip at the edge of an agricultural field that is left less intensively managed to provide habitat for organisms.
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Specification 4.7.3.6 · Paper 2
Revise: Biodiversity ConservationWhere farmers grow only one type of crop, reintroducing field margins and hedgerows adds strips of less intensively managed habitat. These areas provide living space and resources for a wider range of organisms than the crop alone, so they can increase biodiversity within the agricultural landscape.
Distinguish field margins from monoculture: the crop may remain a monoculture, but uncultivated margins and hedgerows provide additional habitats around it.
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