
Originally Posted by
Krijn Trimbos
Thanks for the comments people!
Axel, this was for a research project. We were trying to compare breeding success between organically and conventionally managed farms in the Netherlands. The idea is that organic farms provide more suitable habitat for birds since they don't use pesticides and use more diverse crop scemes. However, the drawback is that these farms practise mechanical farming methods much more than conventional farms do in order to get rid of the weeds. Which poses a problem for the birds breeding on organic farms (with a lot of nests being lost due to these 'extra' farming activities), in a way you could speak of organic farms being an ecological trap.
Basically that was what the research was about.
Cheers,
Krijn