Small things are important: the value of singular point elements for birds in agricultural landscapes

S Pustkowiak, Z Kwieciński, M Lenda… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Farmland birds belong to the most endangered group of vertebrates in Europe. They are an
important component of farmland biodiversity considering the numerous functions they …

Farming and wildlife in Mediterranean agroecosystems

CK Sokos, AP Mamolos, KL Kalburtji… - Journal for Nature …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mediterranean ecosystems are rich in wildlife species and habitats. In the last decades
human pressure is increasing in lowland and coastal areas, while mountainous and island …

Mapping land cover in complex Mediterranean landscapes using Landsat: Improved classification accuracies from integrating multi-seasonal and synthetic imagery

C Senf, PJ Leitão, D Pflugmacher… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Low-intensity farming systems are of great importance for biodiversity in Europe, but they are
often affected by soil degradation or economic pressure, leading to either land …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of irrigated olive grove expansion in Mediterranean landscapes and associated biodiversity impacts

R Morgado, PF Ribeiro, JL Santos, F Rego… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last 30 years, olive farming has experienced a fast and large-scale intensification
process across its Mediterranean range, that is reshaping Mediterranean farmland …

A Mediterranean silent spring? The effects of olive farming intensification on breeding bird communities

R Morgado, J Santana, M Porto… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
Combining biodiversity conservation with the agricultural production needed to meet the
rising world food demand is a global challenge. This is a case in point for olive farming in the …

Combined effects of landscape composition and heterogeneity on farmland avian diversity

J Santana, L Reino, C Stoate, F Moreira… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Conserving biodiversity on farmland is an essential element of worldwide efforts for
reversing the global biodiversity decline. Common approaches involve improving the natural …

Disentangling the effects of management, field characteristics of fallows, and surrounding landscape to promote steppe bird conservation

N Revilla-Martín, D Giralt, A Sanz-Pérez, G Bota… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
The steep decrease of fallow area in the last years has been directly related to steppe bird
population declines in Europe, as fallow lands are a crucial habitat for shelter, food, and …

Fallow management increases habitat suitability for endangered steppe bird species through changes in vegetation structure

A Sanz‐Pérez, D Giralt, I Robleño… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the face of the dramatic worldwide decline of farmland bird populations, the preservation
of fallow fields is a conservation measure encouraged through subsidies (eg agri …

The importance of core habitat for a threatened species in changing landscapes

MR Herse, KA With, WA Boyle - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss, fragmentation, and alteration of the landscape matrix are interdependent
processes, collectively responsible for most recent species extinctions. Thus, determining …

Does local habitat fragmentation affect large‐scale distributions? The case of a specialist grassland bird

L Reino, P Beja, MB Araujo, S Dray… - Diversity and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Although the negative effects of habitat fragmentation have been widely documented at
the landscape scale, much less is known about its impacts on species distributions at the …