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 …

The spatial scale mismatch between ecological processes and agricultural management: Do difficulties come from underlying theoretical frameworks?

C Pelosi, M Goulard, G Balent - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2010 - Elsevier
The difficulty to spatially link the process levels of organizing agricultural management with
those of investigating biodiversity preservation creates a spatial scale mismatch which …

[图书][B] Birds and habitat: relationships in changing landscapes

RJ Fuller - 2012 - books.google.com
The successful conservation of bird species relies upon our understanding of their habitat
use and requirements. In the coming decades the importance of such knowledge will only …

Optimizing biodiversity gain of European agriculture through regional targeting and adaptive management of conservation tools

ED Concepción, I Aneva, M Jay, S Lukanov… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification continues being a major threat for biodiversity worldwide. Despite
the incorporation of diverse conservation tools in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) …

The importance of habitat heterogeneity at multiple scales for birds in European agricultural landscapes

J Vickery, R Arlettaz - Birds and habitat: Relationships in …, 2012 - books.google.com
Farmland throughout the world is frequently likened to a mosaic or patchwork and this
heterogeneity is widely recognised as strongly influencing the abundance and diversity of …

Distance to edges, edge contrast and landscape fragmentation: interactions affecting farmland birds around forest plantations

L Reino, P Beja, PE Osborne, R Morgado… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
Afforestation often causes direct habitat losses for farmland birds of conservation concern,
but it is uncertain whether negative effects also extend significantly into adjacent open land …

Influence of landscape characteristics on carnivore diversity and abundance in Mediterranean farmland

R Pita, A Mira, F Moreira, R Morgado, P Beja - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2009 - Elsevier
Predation is increasingly pointed out as one of the factors contributing to population declines
of ground-nesting farmland birds, though it remains poorly understood how ongoing …

Small things are important: the value of singular point elements for birds in agricultural landscapes

S Pustkowiak, Z Kwieciński, M Lenda… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Farmland birds belong to the most endangered group of vertebrates in Europe. They are an
important component of farmland biodiversity considering the numerous functions they …

Grassland versus non-grassland bird abundance and diversity in managed grasslands: local, landscape and regional scale effects

P Batáry, A Báldi, S Erdős - Vertebrate conservation and biodiversity, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Declines of West European farmland birds have been associated with intensive
agricultural practices, while in Central and Eastern European countries grasslands still …

[PDF][PDF] Prescribed grazing on pasturelands

LE Sollenberger, CT Agouridis, ES Vanzant… - 2012 - uknowledge.uky.edu
Prescribed grazing is defined by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) as
“managing the harvest of vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals”(NRCS, 2007) …