Ecological impacts of early 21st century agricultural change in Europe–a review

C Stoate, A Baldi, P Beja, ND Boatman, I Herzon… - Journal of environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
The impacts of agricultural land use are far-reaching and extend to areas outside
production. This paper provides an overview of the ecological status of agricultural systems …

Farming and wildlife in Mediterranean agroecosystems

CK Sokos, AP Mamolos, KL Kalburtji… - Journal for Nature …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mediterranean ecosystems are rich in wildlife species and habitats. In the last decades
human pressure is increasing in lowland and coastal areas, while mountainous and island …

Mammal population densities at a global scale are higher in human‐modified areas

MA Tucker, L Santini, C Carbone, T Mueller - Ecography, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global landscapes are changing due to human activities with consequences for both
biodiversity and ecosystems. For single species, terrestrial mammal population densities …

Fine-scale movements of rural free-ranging dogs in conservation areas in the temperate rainforest of the coastal range of southern Chile

M Sepúlveda, K Pelican, P Cross, A Eguren… - Mammalian Biology, 2015 - Springer
Domestic dogs can play a variety of important roles for farmers. However, when in proximity
to conservation areas, the presence of rural free-ranging dogs can be problematic due to the …

Camera trap data suggest uneven predation risk across vegetation types in a mixed farmland landscape

A Laux, M Waltert, E Gottschalk - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ground‐nesting farmland birds such as the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) have been rapidly
declining due to a combination of habitat loss, food shortage, and predation. Predator …

Top-dogs and under-dogs: competition between dogs and sympatric carnivores

AT Vanak, CR Dickman… - Free-ranging dogs …, 2014 - books.google.com
In many natural and semi-natural systems worldwide, dogs (Canis familiaris) are an integral
part of the carnivore community (Gompper, Chapter 1). Until recently, the role of dogs as mid …

Landscape ecology of mammals

SJ Presley, LM Cisneros, BT Klingbeil… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Recognition of the Anthropocene epoch formally acknowledges the pervasive and
increasingly dominant effects of human activities on the world's biomes. A defining …

Widespread circulation and transmission risk of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis at the livestock-wildlife-environment interface in a Mediterranean agro …

L Duarte, M Santos-Reis, MV Cunha - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiological agent of
paratuberculosis, a chronic infection affecting ruminants and other species worldwide …

Afforestation, agricultural abandonment and intensification: Competing trajectories in semi-arid Mediterranean agro-ecosystems

D Nainggolan, J de Vente, C Boix-Fayos… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2012 - Elsevier
An understanding of land use change and its drivers in semi-arid Mediterranean agro-
ecosystems is important for informing ways to facilitate adaptation to future environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing homogeneity of Mediterranean landscapes limits the co-occurrence of mesocarnivores in space and time

P Linck, F Palomares, N Negrões, M Rossa… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Context The Mediterranean basin is characterized by a heterogeneous landscape
historically shaped by human activities. Land abandonment and extensive monocultures …