How can the European Common Agricultural Policy help halt biodiversity loss? Recommendations by over 300 experts

G Pe'Er, JA Finn, M Díaz, M Birkenstock… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has not halted farmland
biodiversity loss. The CAP post‐2023 has a new ''Green Architecture,''including the new …

Agricultural extension in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic: Issues and challenges in the field

K Sulandjari, A Putra, S Sulaminingsih… - Caspian Journal of …, 2022 - cjes.guilan.ac.ir
The extension is an active procedure requiring contact between the extension worker and
the individual to establish a behavior change process. This study examines the revival of the …

[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 …

Partitioning beta diversity to untangle mechanisms underlying the assembly of bird communities in Mediterranean olive groves

V García‐Navas, C Martínez‐Núñez… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We investigated taxonomic and functional beta diversity of bird communities inhabiting
Mediterranean olive groves subject to either intensive or low‐intensity management of the …

An update on the conservation status of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax: global and local population estimates, trends, and threats

MB Morales, V Bretagnolle - Bird Conservation International, 2022 - cambridge.org
The Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax is an iconic species and an indicator of healthy grassland
and farmland ecosystems. It formerly ranged almost continuously from north-western Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the European green Deal policy in the context of agricultural support payments in Latvia

I Pilvere, A Nipers, A Pilvere - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The European Green Deal policy will significantly affect the resilience and development of
agriculture, which will be determined by the 2021–2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) …

[HTML][HTML] Site-based vs. species-based analyses of long-term farmland bird datasets: Implications for conservation policy evaluations

M Díaz, P Aycart, A Ramos, A Carricondo… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Conservation of Europe's biodiversity increasingly depends on funds invested within Natura
2000 farmland. Performance of these investments is estimated by the official Farmland Bird …

Changes in thermal niche position and breadth of bird assemblages in Spain in relation to increasing temperatures

D Ramón‐Martínez, J Seoane - Journal of Biogeography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Animal communities around the world are responding to climate change by altering
their taxonomic composition, mainly through an increase in the colonisation rate of warm …

[HTML][HTML] Common birds combine pest control and seed dispersal in apple orchards through a hybrid interaction network

D García, B Rumeu, JC Illera, M Minarro… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Farmland ecosystem services frequently result from different ecological functions
simultaneous provided by specific biodiversity groups such as birds. These bundles of …

[HTML][HTML] Persistence of seed dispersal in agroecosystems: effects of landscape modification and intensive soil management practices in avian frugivores, frugivory and …

PJ Rey, FM Camacho, R Tarifa… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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 …