Conservation actions are urgently needed to tackle biodiversity loss in intensively managed
agricultural landscapes. Production lands are usually heterogeneous and contain low-yield …

Semi-natural habitats (SNHs) surrounding agricultural fields contribute significantly to
biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. SNHs can be divided into large habitat patches such …

Non-crop habitats are important to support biodiversity and ecosystem services in
agricultural landscapes. Whereas perennial and managed non-crop habitats have known …

Intensification of agriculture, with landscape simplification and reduction of natural habitats,
is known to contribute to the decline of arthropods. Implementation of agroecological …

In agricultural landscapes, arable plants are negatively affected by management
intensification. These species can fulfill various ecosystem functions, such as biological pest …

Frequent extreme weather events, which jeopardize agriculture by affecting crop health,
characterize the ongoing climate change. Temporary patches where sown plants are poorly …

Arable land covers a large part of the European landscape, and its biodiversity is declining
rapidly due to agricultural intensification. Among the most threatened groups of organisms …

Biodiversity is rapidly declining worldwide, with agricultural intensification being among the
main drivers of this process. Effective conservation measures in agricultural landscapes are …

Pitfall trapping is widely used for studying the abundance and diversity of ground-dwelling
arthropods and small vertebrates. Meta-analysis is a powerful technique to synthesize …

While artificial farmland drainage has allowed the development of a highly productive
agriculture, the availability of periodically flooded arable land as a niche habitat for a broad …