Inconsistent Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity and Land-Use on Animal Diversity in an Agricultural Mosaic: a Multi-Scale and Multi-Taxon Investigation

The landscape heterogeneity hypothesis states that increased heterogeneity in agricultural landscapes will promote biodiversity. However, this hypothesis does not detail which components of landscape heterogeneity (compositional or configurational) most affect biodiversity and how these compare to the effects of surrounding agricultural land-use.