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 …

Agroforests are of well-known importance for biodiversity conservation, especially in the
tropics, because they are structurally stable and may resemble natural forests. Previous …

Agricultural intensification is a persistent and growing threat to biodiversity worldwide. Olive
groves cover extensive areas in the Mediterranean basin and play a fundamental role as …

Farming impacts animal-mediated seed dispersal through mechanisms operating on at least
two spatial scales. First, at the landscape scale, through habitat loss and land conversion to …

Although farmlands are the most extensive terrestrial biomes, the abandonment of traditional
agriculture in many parts of the world has brought opportunities and challenges for the …

Assessing the spatio-temporal impact of agricultural intensification on species and
communities is key for biodiversity conservation. Here, we investigated the seasonal effects …

Olive groves in the Mediterranean basin have undergone a tremendous increase during the
last two decades, with most of the new olive groves being planted on arable land. This …

Olive farming has vastly intensified across the Mediterranean basin recently. This ongoing
process has detrimental social and environmental outcomes, but it also represents a unique …

Public health and environmental concerns are increasing the pressure to reduce chemical
pesticide usage, thereby requiring management alternatives to control pest damage to …

Wood-pastures are semi-natural systems that combine a grazed grassland with a tree layer.
Shrubs are often controlled, mostly to improve grazing potential, resulting in a reduction of …