Organic management and landscape heterogeneity combine to sustain multifunctional bird communities in European vineyards

L Barbaro, G Assandri, M Brambilla… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving functionally diverse bird communities in European farmland is becoming critical,
with no exception for regions of wine production. Management intensification combined with …

Diversity in the monotony? Habitat traits and management practices shape avian communities in intensive vineyards

G Assandri, G Bogliani, P Pedrini… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Spreading of viticulture may pose serious threats to biodiversity and adequate policies
targeted at decreasing its impact are urgently required. Current knowledge of viticulture …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal and spatial scales matter: circannual habitat selection by bird communities in vineyards

C Guyot, R Arlettaz, P Korner, A Jacot - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Vineyards are likely to be regionally important for wildlife, but we lack biodiversity studies in
this agroecosystem which is undergoing a rapid management revolution. As vine cultivation …

Avian pest control in vineyards is driven by interactions between bird functional diversity and landscape heterogeneity

L Barbaro, A Rusch, EW Muiruri… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Insectivorous birds are increasingly recognized for the crucial pest control services they
provide to agroecosystems. While both the foraging activity and functional diversity of birds …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of vineyard characteristics on the functional diversity of insectivorous birds as indicator of potential biocontrol services

R Lourenço, PF Pereira, A Oliveira, J Ribeiro-Silva… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Insectivorous birds have a large potential to provide biocontrol services in vineyards, thus
contributing to the sustainability of this agroecosystem. Bird communities are influenced by …

Assessing common birds' ecological requirements to address nature conservation in permanent crops: Lessons from Italian vineyards

G Assandri, G Bogliani, P Pedrini… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Viticulture has contributed to shaping cultural landscapes in several regions across all
continents. Recent farming intensification is causing landscape homogenization and …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Organic farming favours bird communities and their resilience to climate change in Mediterranean vineyards

À Rollan, A Hernández-Matías, J Real - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Farmland birds have suffered notable declines in Europe in recent decades, mainly due to
agricultural intensification and climate change. Organic farming, which has been shown to …

Bird‐friendly wine country through diversified vineyards

A Muñoz‐Sáez, J Kitzes… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vinecology, the integration of ecological and viticultural practices, focuses on the working
landscapes of the Mediterranean‐climate biomes to make wine‐grape production …

Are vineyards important habitats for birds at local or landscape scales?

JA Pithon, V Beaujouan, H Daniel, G Pain… - Basic and Applied …, 2016 - Elsevier
In Europe, monitoring indicates that farmland bird populations are declining. Numerous
studies at different spatial scales have considered bird ecology in farmland, but viticulture …