Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes

C Maurer, L Sutter, C Martínez‐Núñez… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐natural habitats provide important resources for wild bees in agricultural landscapes.
Landscapes under management are dynamic and floral resources fluctuate in space and …

Role of abandoned grasslands in the conservation of spider communities across heterogeneous mountain landscapes

D Nardi, L Marini - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decades, the transformation of agriculture and the associated decline in semi-
natural grasslands have been major drivers of the loss of spider diversity across Europe, in …

Surprising leopard restoration in fragmented ecosystems reveals connections as the secret to conservation success

F Yanwen, Z Guojing, D Wenqian, W Yue… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Chinese Loess Plateau has been the cradle of Chinese civilization and the
main human settlement in China for thousands of years, where anthropogenic activities are …

From diverse to simple: butterfly communities erode from extensive grasslands to intensively used farmland and urban areas

E Guariento, J Rüdisser, K Fiedler, C Paniccia… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
The severe biodiversity decline in European agricultural landscapes demands a specific
evaluation of the various land-use practices. Many butterflies in Europe, as an important …

[HTML][HTML] Consequences of intraspecific competition for floral resources in heterogeneous landscapes for eusocial bees

RJ Walters, O Olsson, P Olsson, HG Smith - Ecological Modelling, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification is widely recognised as a primary driver of pollinator loss, but the
success of land-management actions designed to remediate its impact is often mixed …

A Systematic Review of Insect Decline and Discovery: Trends, Drivers, and Conservation Strategies over the past Two Decades

G Hailay Gebremariam - Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Insects make up 75%–80% of all known animal species, with estimates ranging from 10 to
30 million, of which approximately 1.11–1.7 million are described. Despite varying …

Land use around influences the entomological community in lettuce horticultural systems

CM Silva-Neto, LAC Santos, MM Bernardes… - Brazilian journal of …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
The complexity of the agroecosystem can also be assessed by the different land uses in the
system and the surroundings, being a relevant way to assess the heterogeneity of the …

Network theory reveals priority protected areas for avian conservation in a threatened Neotropical forest-grassland mosaic

JP Gava-Just, K Ceron, K Mustin… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conserving biodiversity requires an efficiently managed network of integrated protected
areas (PAs). An extensive PA network safeguards the highly threatened Araucaria …

[HTML][HTML] Low-intensity land use fosters species richness of threatened butterflies and grasshoppers in mires and grasslands

F Fumy, T Fartmann - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Insects are by far the most species-rich branch of the tree of life and fundamental parts of
extensive networks of biotic interactions. However, insect populations are declining …

[HTML][HTML] Species–size networks elucidate the effects of biodiversity on aboveground biomass in tropical forests

Z Wen, Q Pan, R Li, Y Yang, Z Jiang, H Zheng… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although biodiversity has been shown to profoundly affect ecosystem function in forests, the
processes which it impacts are limited understood. Various plant species with diverse sizes …