Grain legume production and use in European agricultural systems

CA Watson, M Reckling, S Preissel, J Bachinger… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a great demand for high-protein materials for livestock feed in Europe and
European agriculture has a deficit of about 70% high-protein materials of which 87% is met …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the effectiveness of CAP greening as a conservation tool: a plea for regional targeting considering landscape constraints

M Díaz, ED Concepción - Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has tried to counteract negative impacts
of intensive agriculture on biodiversity and associated ecosystem services mostly by means …

Changing land use and its impact on the habitat suitability for wintering Anseriformes in China's Poyang Lake region

X Tang, H Li, X Xu, G Yang, G Liu, X Li… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
As an internationally important wetland for migratory waterbirds, China's Poyang Lake
region has experienced substantial changes in land use during the past two decades owing …

[HTML][HTML] The adequacy of alfalfa crops as an agri-environmental scheme: A review of agronomic benefits and effects on biodiversity

DG del Portillo, B Arroyo, MB Morales - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
The agriculture intensification required to provide enough food commodities for humans has
negative impacts on the environment. To reduce these drawbacks Agri-Environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape-scale effects of irrigation on a dry cereal farmland bird community

D Giralt, J Pantoja, MB Morales, J Traba… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Landscape modification and habitat fragmentation are one of the major current threats to
biodiversity. The main source of habitat fragmentation is the loss of focal habitat area, but …

Modelling biodiversity change in agricultural landscape scenarios-A review and prospects for future research

P Chopin, G Bergkvist, L Hossard - Biological Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Increased intensity of agriculture and landscape homogenization are threatening
biodiversity in landscapes. We reviewed 67 case studies addressing the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Which bird traits most affect the goodness-of-fit of species distribution models?

F Morelli, Y Benedetti, J Stanford, L Jerzak… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools that combine species occurrence
(or abundance) data with environmental variables, to predict the species' distribution …

An integrated hydrodynamic and multicriteria evaluation Cellular Automata–Markov model to assess the effects of a water resource project on waterbird habitat in …

S Yao, C Chen, Q Chen, J Zhang, Y Li, Y Zeng - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Large water resource projects may severely alter hydrological regimes and thus the habitat
conditions for biota in wetlands. Plenty of habitat models for fish, vegetation, and …

Establishing archipelagic landscape ecological network with full connectivity at dual spatial scales

Y Chi, Z Xie, J Wang - Ecological Modelling, 2019 - Elsevier
An archipelagic landscape ecological network (ALEN) is important for optimizing the bird
migration route and providing reference for island biodiversity maintenance. The ALEN with …

Agricultural landscape composition as a driver of farmland bird diversity in Brittany (NW France)

A Gil-Tena, M De Cáceres, A Ernoult, A Butet… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2015 - Elsevier
In agriculture-dominated landscapes, agricultural intensification and associated landscape
homogenization have caused large declines in farmland biodiversity. This study was aimed …