3. Hedge networks and ecosystem services
An ecosystem service is a benefit that humans derive from the functioning of ecosystems (source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment). We identify production services (e.g. food production), regulation services (e.g. erosion control) and socio-cultural services (e.g. landscape aesthetics).
Historically, agronomists have recommended the planting of hedges for their important role in production and farm health.
. There is general recognition of the services rendered by the bocage
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