Background Meadows are regularly mown in order to provide fodder or litter for livestock
and to prevent vegetation succession. However, the time of year at which meadows should …

Pesticides, in particular insecticides, can be very beneficial but have also been found to
have harmful side effects on non-target insects. Butterflies play an important role in …

Aim To investigate the performance and relative importance of abiotic and biotic predictors
of species richness of three taxa in forest‐dominated landscapes across an environmentally …

European mountain hay meadows are hosting an exceptionally rich biodiversity. They are
currently threatened by both land abandonment and farming intensification via aerial …

The conversion of land from natural areas to agricultural land-use results in changes in
landscape pattern, which may affect the presence and distribution of species within these …

Semi-natural grasslands require regular harvesting (cutting) or grazing to avoid vegetation
succession, and this is well known to promote plant diversity. However, recent studies have …

Abstract Purpose of Review Identifying the spatial scale at which a species or population
most strongly responds to habitat composition and configuration is known as scale-of-effect …

Traditionally managed grasslands rank among the most species-rich ecosystems. However,
in agricultural landscapes of Western and Central Europe, their extent has severely …

Context Loss and fragmentation of semi-natural grasslands has critically affected many
butterfly species in Europe. Habitat area and isolation can have strong effects on the local …

Olive cultivation (Olea europaea L.) is one of the most significant sources of income for
agricultural areas in the Mediterranean basin, and the olive oil industry as well as the …