Scale-depend effectiveness of on-field vs. off-field
agri-environmental measures for biodiversity
Péter Batáry1,* and Teja Tscharntke2
1Lendület Landscape and Conservation Ecology,
Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research,
Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163 Vácrátót, Hungary. E-mail: pbatary@gmail.com
2Agroecology, University of Goettingen, Grisebachstr.
6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. E-mail:
ttschar@gwdg.de
*Correspondence: Tel.: + 36-28-360122. E-mail: pbatary@gmail.com.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1017-6996 (P. Batáry), 0000-0002-4482-3178 (T.
Tscharntke)
Statement of authorship: P.B., and T.T. conceived and developed
the study; P.B. collected and analysed the data; and P.B. wrote the
paper with substantial input from T.T.
Data accessibility statement: The data that support the
findings of this study will be made available in the repository Zenodo
upon the acceptance of the manuscript.
Short running title: Effectiveness of agri-environment schemes
Keywords: Agri-environment scheme, bees, farm scale, field
scale, flower strip, landscape structure, organic farming, pollinators,
yield loss, wheat.
Type of article: Viewpoints
Abstract word count: 100 Main text word count: 1503
Number of references: 25 Number of figures: 1