Adaptation to the farming practices could make crops less attractive or accessible to wildlife.
Two articles have investigated farming practice adaptation. The first study, undertaken in Punjab India, revealed that maize cobs that were wrapped in their own leaf lost a lower percentage of their surface area to rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri) than cobs that had not been wrapped in their leaves in two subsequent years (RR t = 0 = 0; RR t = 1 = 0.04). The second study, undertaken in Czech Republic, investigated the effect of tillage at different times of the year (spring vs. autumn) for two different crop types (rape seed and wheat) on common vole (Microtus arvalis) density as a proxy for crop damage over 9 years. Vole density was reduced in fields where tillage was practiced in comparison to control fields. Springtime tillage generated the greatest reductions in vole density both in rapeseed (-20 voles/ha) and wheat (-8.6 voles/ha) fields. The effect of autumn tillage was small both in rapeseed (-2.2 voles/ha) and wheat (-1.1 voles/ha).
