SoilBioHedge

Dr Lisa Norton, Dr Alastair Leake, Dr Felicity Crotty, Dr Matthew Shepherd,Dr Derek Pedley, Dr Emma Sherlock, Dr Wendy Seal

Peter Burgis Oliver Pilbeam

Prof. Jonathan LeakeProf. Duncan CameronProf. Rob FreckletonProf. Mike BurrellProf. Steve BanwartDr Dylan ChildsDr Jill EdmondsonDr Ruth Wade

Prof. Les FirbankProf. Joe HoldenProf. Pippa ChapmanDr Richard GraysonSarah HuntMartin Lappage

Prof. Mark HodsonDr Thorunn HelgasonDr Susannah BirdDr Miranda Prendergast-Miller

Harnessing hedgerow soil biodiversity for restoration of arable soil quality and resilience to climatic extremes and land use changes.

SoilBioHedge

Dr Lisa Norton, Dr Alastair Leake, Dr Felicity Crotty, Dr Matthew Shepherd,Dr Derek Pedley, Dr Emma Sherlock, Dr Wendy Seal

Peter Burgis Oliver Pilbeam

Distance (meters from the margin)

H M 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 16 32 64

Total biomass per plant (g D

M)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

Arable fieldLey strip in arable fieldLey field

Landscape scale experiment

Hedgerow characterisation Bioassay

Big Sub

Station East

Big Sub

Station West

Warren

Paddock

Sub Paddock

Valley Field

Hill Side

Copse

H M 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 16 32 64

Water holding capacity (g. g-1 soil)

0.50 0.52 0.54 0.56 0.58 0.60 0.62 0.64 0.66 0.68

Total biomass per plant (g D

M)

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

Arable fieldLey strip in arable field Ley field

Soil quality

Strip***Distance***Strip x distanceNS