Seasonal variation and crop diversity shape the composition of bird communities in agricultural landscapes in Nepal

HB Katuwal, J Rai, K Tomlinson, B Rimal… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Farmland birds are declining globally due to anthropogenic activities, with particularly few
studies in Asian agricultural landscapes. Various studies have examined the impacts of …

Validating metabarcoding-based biodiversity assessments with multi-species occupancy models: a case study using coastal marine eDNA

B McClenaghan, ZG Compson, M Hajibabaei - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is an increasingly popular method for rapid
biodiversity assessment. As with any ecological survey, false negatives can arise during …

[PDF][PDF] Oil palm and biodiversity

E Meijaard, J Garcia-Ulloa, D Sheil… - A situation analysis …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Oil palm and biodiversity Page 1 Oil palm and biodiversity A situation analysis by the IUCN Oil
Palm Task Force INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE Meijaard, E …

Bird community responses to afforested eucalyptus plantations in the Argentine pampas

CC Phifer, JL Knowlton, CR Webster… - Biodiversity and …, 2017 - Springer
Land-use change driven by human population growth and economic activity will continue to
impact both natural habitats and land currently being used for food, fiber, and fuel …

Imidacloprid seed coating poses a risk of acute toxicity to small farmland birds: A weight-of-evidence analysis using data from the grayish baywing Agelaioides badius

MB Poliserpi, DS Cristos, JC Brodeur - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to estimate the risk posed by imidacloprid (IMI) seed coating to
passerine birds of the Pampa Region of Argentina using data specifically generated with the …

Improving ecosystem services modelling: Insights from a Bayesian network tools review

E Pérez-Miñana - Environmental modelling & software, 2016 - Elsevier
Numerous studies attempt to unravel the role played by Biodiversity in ecosystems and ES
reliance on Biodiversity. Achieving this aim is difficult given: the multi-layered Biodiversity …

Birds of prey in agricultural landscapes: The role of agriculture expansion and intensification

JM Grande, PM Orozco-Valor, MS Liébana… - Birds of prey: biology …, 2018 - Springer
The introduction of agricultural activity (including livestock farming) in natural environments
affects all the natural processes occurring there, from individual behavior and population …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of wild herbivore species richness and occupancy across a savannah rangeland: Implications for conservation

RD Crego, JO Ogutu, HBM Wells, GO Ojwang… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Private lands are critical for maintaining biodiversity beyond protected areas. Across Kenyan
rangelands, wild herbivores frequently coexist with people and their livestock. Human …

Thresholds in forest bird communities along woody vegetation gradients in the South American Dry Chaco

L Macchi, M Baumann, H Bluhm… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
World‐wide, tropical savannas and dry forests are under increasing pressure from land use.
The environmental impacts of agricultural expansion into these ecosystems have received …

Behavioral and physiological response of the passerine bird Agelaioides badius to seeds coated with imidacloprid

MB Poliserpi, T Noya Abad, E De Gerónimo… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Neonicotinoids are globally used insecticides, and there are increasing evidence on their
negative effects on birds. This study is aimed at characterizing the behavioral and …