This paper reviews research on the ecosystem services or multifunctionality of paddy rice
cultivation in Japan, focusing on biodiversity as a basis for ecosystem services, with the aim …

Flooded rice fields can provide habitats for wetland species and ecosystem services similar
to those of natural wetlands. During the last three decades, however, farming practices and …

How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is
ecology-including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations-spatially entwined …

Despite centuries of urbanization and industrialization, around half of the world's people still
live as subsis-tence or small-scale farmers. The pro-duction of agricultural export …

Evaluating the potential for anthropogenic habitats to act as surrogates for the natural
habitats they replace is a key issue in conservation biology. In California, flooded rice fields …

1. Recent legislation designed to reduce air pollution has restricted Californian rice‐farmers
from burning rice stubble after harvest. Intentional flooding of fields during winter to speed …

The natural wetlands of the Mediterranean have been reduced to 10-20% of their original
area over the past few centuries. However, the rice fields that have supplanted them in some …

Waterbird use of agricultural wetlands has increased as natural wetlands continue to decline
worldwide. Little information exists on waterbird use of wetland crops such as taro, hasu …

The Guadalquivir Marshes or Doñana wetland complex is the most important wintering site
for migratory waterbirds in the Mediterranean region. However, there is a lack of previous …

Rice fields are temporary wetlands that harbor many of the same species that breed in
natural temporary ponds. Therefore the rice agroecosystem has the potential to help sustain …