Pollinator-promoting wildflower fields attract farmland birds and rodents, depending on spatial configuration and landscape context

Szabó, Gyula; Somay, László; Kőhalmi, Fruzsina; Báldi, András

doi:10.5194/we-26-243-2026

Articles | Volume 26, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/we-26-243-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/we-26-243-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 26, issue 2

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03 Nov 2026

Short communication |

| 03 Nov 2026

Pollinator-promoting wildflower fields attract farmland birds and rodents, depending on spatial configuration and landscape context

Gyula Szabó, László Somay, Fruzsina Kőhalmi, and András Báldi

Data sets

Data and code for Pollinator-promoting wildflower fields attract farmland birds and rodents, depending on spatial configuration and landscape context András Báldi et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19691460

Model code and software

Data and code for Pollinator-promoting wildflower fields attract farmland birds and rodents, depending on spatial configuration and landscape context András Báldi et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19691460

Short summary

We studied the effect of wildflower plantings in the agricultural landscape of Central Hungary. We created large fields and smaller strips and counted birds and rodent burrows. Large wildflower fields increased bird numbers and diversity in homogeneous agricultural landscapes, while strips had little effect. Wildflower fields also supported rodents. This shows that design and landscape matter, and that these plantings can bring both benefits and trade-offs for nature and farming.