Orphan legumes for biodiversity

Pitfall traps installed in lupin plants within an olive grove agroforestry system to monitor arthropods and biodiversity in the MORE-COLAB project in Portugal.

Do orphan legumes promote biodiversity in agroforestry?

The MORE-COLAB Team led by Susana Araujo will address this crucial question, looking at their lupin-olives groves agroforestry system in Portugal. To this purpose, they have installed “pitfall” traps for arthropods counting, identification and biodiversity check.