Beyond organic farming–harnessing biodiversity-friendly landscapes

T Tscharntke, I Grass, TC Wanger, C Westphal… - Trends in ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
We challenge the widespread appraisal that organic farming is the fundamental alternative
to conventional farming for harnessing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Certification of …

Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation

V Arroyo‐Rodríguez, L Fahrig, M Tabarelli… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes.
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …

The impacts of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and reliant human communities

SC Doney, DS Busch, SR Cooley… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Racism. Sexism. Heterosexism. Gender binarism. Together, they comprise intimately
harmful, distinct, and entangled societal systems of self-serving domination and privilege …

Environmental, economic, and social consequences of the oil palm boom

M Qaim, KT Sibhatu, H Siregar, I Grass - 2020 - publications.goettingen-research …
Rising global demand for vegetable oil during the last few decades has led to a drastic
increase in the land area under oil palm. Especially in Southeast Asia, the oil palm boom …

Insect decline in forests depends on species' traits and may be mitigated by management

M Staab, MM Gossner, NK Simons, R Achury… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Insects are declining, but the underlying drivers and differences in responses between
species are still largely unclear. Despite the importance of forests, insect trends therein have …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing agricultural labour issues is key to biodiversity-smart farming

T Daum, F Baudron, R Birner, M Qaim, I Grass - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an urgent need for agricultural development strategies that reconcile agricultural
production and biodiversity conservation. This is especially true in the Global South where …

A multitaxa assessment of the effectiveness of agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity management

FA Boetzl, J Krauss, J Heinze… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Agri-environmental schemes (AES) aim to restore biodiversity and biodiversity-mediated
ecosystem services in landscapes impoverished by modern agriculture. However, a …

Protected areas not likely to serve as steppingstones for species undergoing climate‐induced range shifts

SA Parks, LM Holsinger, JT Abatzoglou… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species across the planet are shifting their ranges to track suitable climate conditions in
response to climate change. Given that protected areas have higher quality habitat and often …

Progress in ecosystem services research: A guide for scholars and practitioners

AV Torres, C Tiwari, SF Atkinson - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
The study of ecosystem services enables the understanding of the services that ecosystems
provide at the landscape level by explaining the relationship between natural capital …

[HTML][HTML] River ecological status is shaped by agricultural land use intensity across Europe

C Schürings, L Globevnik, JU Lemm, A Psomas, L Snoj… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Agriculture impacts the ecological status of freshwaters through multiple pressures such as
diffuse pollution, water abstraction, and hydromorphological alteration, strongly impairing …