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Best practice management guide on functional biodiversity in Australian vineyards

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By Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty Ltd

In this guide you can read more about the importance of functional biodiversity, early succession, coloniser, or pioneer (weedy) species, flora (insectary plants), fauna (predatory birds, insect eating mammals, reptiles, amphibians), reported agrochemical toxicity to humans and cost and benefits of suggested practice change.

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The beauty and functionality of native Australian wildflowers.

Native Australian wildflowers produce significant pollen for insects, including bees, and are sought after by a multitude of insect species, with lacewing and spider populations notably higher in rows of wildflowers in comparison to the adjacent field. By providing habitat for predatory arthropods, this will act as a natural control mechanism for managing economically damaging insect pests.

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