%0 Generic
%A Sarthou, Jean-Pierre
%A Choisis, J.-P.
%A Amossé, A.
%A Arndorfer, M.
%A Bailey, D.
%A Balázs, K.
%A Balent, G.
%A Deconchat, M.
%A Dennis, P.
%A Eiter, S.
%A Fjellstad, W.
%A Friedel, J.K.
%A Jeanneret, Philippe
%A Jongman, R.H.B
%A Kainz , M.
%A Moreno, G.
%A Ouin, A.
%A Paoletti, Maurizio G.
%A Pointereau, Philippe
%A Stoyanova, S.
%A Viaggi, Davide
%A Vialatte, A.
%A Wolfrum, S.
%A Herzog, Felix
%D 2013
%F orgprints:26476
%K Biodiversity, Indicators, Farms and agricultural practices, Habitats, Plants, Bees, Spiders, Earthworms, Gascony valleys and hills, France, Europe
%P 333-349
%T Biodiversity indicators in organic and conventional farming systems: main results from the European project BIOBIO
%U https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/26476/
%V 32
%X In the framework of the European project BIOBIO, we compared between countries habitat and cumulated species richnesses of plants, wild bees, spiders and earthworms, measured in 169 conventional and organic farms belonging to 10 case studies in 10 European countries. For the French case study (Gascony Valleys and Hills), correlations between direct (habitat and taxonomic richnesses) and indirect (agricultural practices) indicators of biodiversity within 8 conventional and 8 organic farms, were calculated. Results showed that the main driver of biodiversity at the farm level was the number of cultivated and above all semi-natural habitats, inthe French case study region as well as inthe other regions. This factor partially explained the highest biodiversity level of the French case study region. However, farming practices, specific or not to the organic and conventional systems, most often drove biodiversity parameters at the habitat level. In fine, the project proposed the BIOBIO method for monitoring biodiversity in farms.