Luis Miranda-Barroso - Agricultura Sostenible Syngenta España – c/. de la Ribera del Loira, ۸, ۱۰ – ۲۸۰۴۲ – Madrid – Spain
Oscar Aguado - Andrena Iniciativas y Estudios Medioambientales S.L. – c/. Gabilondo ۱۶bis – ۴۷۰۰۷ Valladolid – Spain
José Vicente Falcó-Gari - Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control – Institute Cavanilles of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology – c/ Catedrático José Beltrán ۲ – ۴۶۹۸۰ – Paterna – Valencia – Spain
David Lopez - Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control – Institute Cavanilles of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology – c/ Catedrático José Beltrán ۲ – ۴۶۹۸۰ – Paterna – Valencia – Spain
Michael Schade - Syngenta Crop Protection – Rosentalstrasse ۶۷ – ۴۰۵۸ – Basel – Switzerland
Vasileios Vasileiadis - Syngenta Crop Protection – Rosentalstrasse ۶۷ – ۴۰۵۸ – Basel – Switzerland
Francisco Javier Peris Felipo - Syngenta Crop Protection – Rosentalstrasse ۶۷ – ۴۰۵۸ – Basel – Switzerland

The present study analyses the effects of multifunctional areas (MA) for three years (۲۰۱۳–۲۰۱۵) on an intensive multi-crop farm in Portugal. The implementation of MA resulted in a wide range of enhancements in the insect community, such as significant effects as a reservoir, allowing an increase of ۱۰۲.۴۷% in the number of species and ۹۷.۶۴% of individuals. MA play an important role in conservation strategies and help increase the population of rare and threatened arthropod species.

agro-ecosystems, sustainability, insect conservation, flower strips, arable crops, اکوسیستم های زراعی, پایداری, حفاظت از حشرات, ردیف گیاهان گلدار , محصولات زراعی