The development of biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes is of major importance to
meet the sustainable development challenges of our time. The emergence of unmanned …

The loss of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes has been dramatic over the past few
decades with negative trends persisting. Organic farming has received widespread …

Plant communities in urban gardens consist of cultivated species, including ornamentals
and food crops, and wild growing species. Yet it remains unclear what significance urban …

The weed soil seedbank is of interest in agroecosystems as a major source of weed
infestation in fields and as a reservoir of plant and seed‐feeder diversity. A seedbank is a …

Faced with the biodiversity extinction crisis and climate change, alternative approaches to
food production are urgently needed. Decades of chemical-based weed control have …

In weed control the aims of securing crop productivity and protecting biodiversity are often
difficult to reconcile. Currently, the development of autonomous in-field intervention …

1. Natura 2000 network (N 2000) and national protected areas (NPA s) are recognised as
the most important core 'units' for biological conservation in E urope. 2. Species distribution …

In arable fields, plant species richness consistently increases at field edges. This potentially
makes the field edge an important habitat for the conservation of the ruderal arable flora (or …

Alley cropping agroforestry is a land use practice in which arable crops are grown between
tree rows. In such agroforestry systems, non-crop herbaceous vegetation develops on the …

The traditional use of native wild food plants (NWFP) may represent a valuable
supplementary food source for the present and future generations. In Sicily, the use of wild …