Agricultural intensification is among the major threats to farmland biodiversity and
associated ecosystem services. Agri-environment schemes in Europe aim to counteract the …

Pitfall trapping is a widely used sampling technique that is standardly employed to collect
various data on ground-dwelling arthropods. However, the validity of this method as a …

Agricultural biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions are declining at alarming rates
due to widespread land use intensification. They can only be maintained through targeted …

Dung beetles provide crucial ecosystem services and serve as model organisms for various
behavioural, ecological and evolutionary studies. However, dung beetles have received little …

Anthropogenic land use causes global declines in biodiversity. Despite the knowledge that
animal carrion is the most nutrient-rich form of dead organic matter, studies on landscape …

In conservation agriculture, slugs are considered significant pests and their monitoring is a
key option in the integrated pest management framework. Together with molluscicide …

Pitfall trapping is one of the standard methods used for the capture of ground‐active
arthropod groups. Despite being frequently used, the standardization of this method is …

Nowadays, littering is one of the biggest challenges that environmental conservation is
facing. Although beverage containers, such as bottles and cans, belong to the most common …

In arable agroecosystems, arthropod communities often have a reduced abundance and
diversity, which represents a challenge for sampling techniques needed to detect small …

Silphinae (Staphylinidae; carrion beetles) are important contributors to the efficient
decomposition and recycling of carrion necromass. Their community composition is …