Disentangling direct and indirect drivers of farmland biodiversity at landscape scale

ES Meier, G Lüscher, E Knop - Ecology letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To stop the ongoing decline of farmland biodiversity there are increasing claims for a
paradigm shift in agriculture, namely from conserving and restoring farmland biodiversity at …

[HTML][HTML] Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity

ES Meier, G Lüscher, F Herzog, E Knop - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ecological focus areas (EFAs) are a key element of European agri-environmental measures,
which aim at mitigating the negative impact of intensive agricultural practices on biodiversity …

Spatial mismatch between wild bee diversity hotspots and protected areas

J Casanelles‐Abella, S Fontana, E Meier… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wild bees are critical for multiple ecosystem functions but are currently threatened.
Understanding the determinants of the spatial distribution of wild bee diversity is a major …

Quantifying agricultural land-use intensity for spatial biodiversity modelling: implications of different metrics and spatial aggregation methods

S Roilo, A Paulus, V Alarcón-Segura, L Kock… - Landscape …, 2024 - Springer
Context Agricultural intensification is a major driver of farmland biodiversity declines.
However, the relationship between land-use intensity (LUI) and biodiversity is complex and …