Landscape perspectives for agroecological weed management. A review

S Boinot, A Alignier, J Storkey - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2024 - Springer
Faced with the biodiversity extinction crisis and climate change, alternative approaches to
food production are urgently needed. Decades of chemical-based weed control have …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat heterogeneity promotes bird diversity in agricultural landscapes: Insights from remote sensing data

M Anderle, M Brambilla, A Hilpold, JG Matabishi… - Basic and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the main drivers of biodiversity loss in Europe's agricultural landscapes has
been a research priority in the last decades. One of the most important factors promoting …

Increase in breeding bird abundance and diversity with semi-natural habitat in vineyard landscapes

V Rösch, G Hafner, JM Reiff, MH Entling - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Agricultural expansion and intensification are major threats to biodiversity, and even some
once common farmland bird species are now endangered. Wine-growing landscapes are …

Linking acoustic diversity to compositional and configurational heterogeneity in mosaic landscapes

L Barbaro, A Sourdril, JSP Froidevaux, M Cauchoix… - Landscape …, 2022 - Springer
Context There is a long-standing quest in landscape ecology for holistic biodiversity metrics
accounting for multi-taxa diversity in heterogeneous habitat mosaics. Passive acoustic …

Increasing landscape heterogeneity as a win–win solution to manage trade-offs in biological control of crop and woodland pests

A Tortosa, B Giffard, C Sirami, L Larrieu, S Ladet… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Agriculture and forestry cover more than 75% of Europe, and invertebrate pests are a costly
challenge for these two economic sectors. Landscape management is increasingly …

No more silent (and uncoloured) springs in vineyards? Experimental evidence for positive impact of alternate inter‐row management on birds and butterflies

M Brambilla, F Gatti - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification is a main threat to biodiversity, and vineyards are particularly
concerning because of their increasing extent and intensive management. Management …

Varying responses of invertebrates to biodynamic, organic and conventional viticulture

L Bosco, D Siegenthaler, L Ruzzante… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alternative farming methods must be deployed to mitigate the detrimental impacts of
intensive agriculture on climate, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Organic and …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural extensification enhances functional diversity but not phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean olive groves: A case study with ant and bird …

V García-Navas, C Martínez-Núñez, R Tarifa… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agroforests are of well-known importance for biodiversity conservation, especially in the
tropics, because they are structurally stable and may resemble natural forests. Previous …

Differential responses of Orthoptera in vineyards to organic farming, pesticide reduction, and landscape heterogeneity

M Kaczmarek, M Gillich, MH Entling… - Journal of Insect …, 2023 - Springer
Conservation measures such as those under the European Green Deal aim to counteract
the biodiversity loss by increasing the share of organic farming and reducing pesticide use …

On the relative importance of land use, landscape characteristics, bird and plant assemblages as drivers of Mediterranean ecosystem functioning

P Lopezosa, M Berdugo, S Soliveres - Landscape Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Context Mediterranean landscapes are undergoing severe transformations (land-use
change and homogenization) that threatens biodiversity and the services these ecosystems …