Agri-environment scheme (AES) approaches can be classified according to whether they
prescribe management in non-productive areas, such as field boundaries and wildflower …

Livestock grazing is one of the most common management practices for grasslands and can
greatly affect their biodiversity. However, arthropod diversity response patterns to grazing …

Grazing and mowing are widely applied management practices in semi-natural grasslands,
which are one of the most important habitats for biodiversity conservation in Europe. Due to …

As a consequence of agricultural intensification and habitat fragmentation since the mid-
20th century, biological diversity has declined considerably throughout the world …

Ground beetles (Carabid beetles) may be found in virtually all of the world's habitats. They
are one of the three most diverse families of extant beetles, with 34,275 species …

Background Pitfall traps are commonly used to assess ground dwelling arthropod
communities. The effects of different pitfall trap designs on the trapping outcome are poorly …

The composition of spider communities in forests is affected by habitat characteristics, such
as canopy openness, vegetation cover or tree species diversity; therefore, we assume that …

Plant invasion and habitat fragmentation have a detrimental effect on biodiversity in nearly
all types of ecosystems. We compared the direct and indirect effects of the invasion of the …

Abstract Lowland forests of Central Europe had been managed by diverse traditional
practices for millennia. Such management helped to maintain heterogeneous habitat …

Despite the important ecological role of forest‐steppes in nature conservation, information
on the contribution of individual components to arthropod conservation is scarce …