Summary 1 Agriculture represents the dominant land use throughout much of western
Europe, and a significant part of European biodiversity is associated with this habitat. We …

The intensification and expansion of modern agriculture is amongst the greatest current
threats to worldwide biodiversity. Over the last quarter of the 20th century, dramatic declines …

Cent re for Ecology & Hydrology Page 1 t Cent re for Ecology & Hydrology NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT RESEA RCH COUNCIL Page 2 Page 3 PLANTATT Attributes of British and …

To match the data collected elsewhere to quantify the declines in farmland birds, other data
sets were examined to illustrate the changes in the biodiversity of plants and arthropod …

The ecological consequences of human activities are only partially understood. The extent
to which 'natural'ecosystem are buffered against anthropogenic perturbation is unclear, and …

The biodiversity value of Northern European temporary ponds has been little recognised,
and there are many gaps in our understanding of their ecology. This study investigated the …

In developing red data books of threatened species, the World Conservation Union uses
measures of rarity, rates of decline, and population fragmentation to categorize species …

The concept of 'archaeophytes'(alien taxa which became established in a study area before
ad 1500) is widely used in floristic analyses in central and northern Europe, but few authors …

Abstract Classifications of British and Irish vascular plants into floristic elements are
reviewed. Only HC Watson and JR Matthews have attempted to devise a more or less …

In the early 1960s, 156 arable fields scattered across Oxfordshire and Berkshire were
surveyed. A full resurvey of all these fields which were still in arable production was carried …