Identifying management
practices that are effective within particular types of FMAS therefore
is an important topic for research and extension. Moreover, FMAS
are intimately linked to the agricultural landscape and influenced by
farming practices. Intensification of rice farming practices with irrigation
and increased use of agrochemicals may be expected to interact
with aquatic resource diversity and productivity in FMAS (Tilman
et al., 2002; Lorenzen et al., 2007).