Agricultural Practices for Biodiversity Enhancement: Evidence and Recommendations for the Viticultural Sector

SM Marcelino, PD Gaspar, A do Paço, TM Lima… - AgriEngineering, 2024 - mdpi.com
Agricultural expansion and intensification worldwide has caused a reduction in ecological
infrastructures for insects, herbaceous plants, and vertebrate insectivores, among other …

Agroforestry supports high bird diversity in European farmland

M Edo, MH Entling, V Rösch - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2024 - Springer
Intensification and homogenization of agricultural landscapes have led to a strong decline in
European farmland birds. Agroforestry systems, which were widespread in the past, are …

[HTML][HTML] Management practices, and not surrounding habitats, drive bird and arthropod biodiversity within vineyards

NB Zielonka, JD Shutt, SJ Butler, LV Dicks - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agrochemical use and habitat loss associated with agriculture are drivers of biodiversity loss
worldwide, and biodiversity-friendly farming practices, including organic management, are …

[HTML][HTML] Viticulture abandonment benefits the bird community of the French Mediterranean

R Bonnier, T Plieninger, T Bhagwat, J Kamp - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Intensively managed viticulture dominates vast landscapes in the Mediterranean, but
considerable vineyard abandonment has been observed over the past two decades. The …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of fungicide sprays on spiders in vineyards.

JO REIFF, C Hoffmann, MH Entling - European Journal of Entomology, 2024 - eje.cz
Spiders are the most abundant naturally occurring predators in vineyards and play a crucial
role in natural pest control. However, vineyards are frequently sprayed with fungicides …