Transition zones across agricultural field boundaries for integrated landscape research and management of biodiversity and yields

Biodiversity conservation and agricultural production have been largely framed as separate goals for landscapes in the discourse on land use. Although there is an increasing tendency to move away from this dichotomy theory, perpetuated by spatially explicit approaches used research management practice. Transition zones (TZ) previously defined areas where two adjacent fields or patches interact, so they occur abundantly throughout landscapes. patterns TZ extensively studied, but their relationship yield social–ecological dimensions has neglected. Focusing European, temperate landscapes, we outline three of that together demonstrate how might be facilitate integrated landscape approach: (i) plant animal species’ use response boundaries resulting effects yield, a deeper understanding structure shapes quantity quality TZ; (ii) local knowledge field patch-level its interactions with biodiversity TZ, (iii) conflict prevention collaborative across land-use boundaries.