There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of
agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming …

Habitat management involving manipulation of farmland vegetation can exert direct
suppressive effects on pests and promote natural enemies. Advances in theory and practical …

Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity conservation requires profound
structural changes worldwide. Often, discussions are centered on management at the field …

Food system impacts on biodiversity loss Page 1 Research Paper Food system impacts on
biodiversity loss Three levers for food system transformation in support of nature Tim G. Benton …

Sustainable and resilient agricultural systems are needed to feed and fuel a growing human
population. However, the current model of agricultural intensification which produces high …

Ecologists and farmers often have contrasting perceptions about the value of natural habitat
in agricultural production landscapes, which so far has been little acknowledged in ecology …

Agricultural intensification is a leading cause of global biodiversity loss, which can reduce
the provisioning of ecosystem services in managed ecosystems. Organic farming and plant …

Recent evidence highlights the value of wild‐insect species richness and abundance for
crop pollination worldwide. Yet, deliberate physical importation of single species (eg …

Ecological intensification has been promoted as a means to achieve environmentally
sustainable increases in crop yields by enhancing ecosystem functions that regulate and …

Biodiversity loss—one of the most prominent forms of modern environmental change—has
been heavily driven by terrestrial habitat loss and, in particular, the spread and …