Biologia Futura: landscape perspectives on farmland biodiversity conservation

P Batáry, A Báldi, J Ekroos, R Gallé, I Grass… - Biologia Futura, 2020 - Springer
European nature conservation has a strong focus on farmland harbouring threatened
species that mainly co-occur with traditional agriculture shaped way before the green …

Landscape configuration, organic management, and within‐field position drive functional diversity of spiders and carabids

R Gallé, AK Happe, AB Baillod… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural management intensity and landscape heterogeneity act as the main drivers of
biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes while also determining ecosystem services. The …

Spatiotemporal land-use diversification for biodiversity

T Tscharntke, I Grass, TC Wanger, C Westphal… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
In their response to our paper [1], Marrec et al.[2] agreed that switching from conventional to
organic farming is not the solution for restoring biodiversity. They also agree that more …

[HTML][HTML] Ground-nesting bees prefer bare ground areas on calcareous grasslands

H Gardein, Y Fabian, C Westphal, T Tscharntke… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although most of the wild bee species are ground-nesting, little is known about their nesting
requirements and the conservation measures to promote ground-nesting bees. Calcareous …

[HTML][HTML] Arthropod functional traits shaped by landscape-scale field size, local agri-environment schemes and edge effects

R Gallé, C Geppert, R Földesi, T Tscharntke… - Basic and Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agri-environment scheme (AES) approaches can be classified according to whether they
prescribe management in non-productive areas, such as field boundaries and wildflower …

Small-scale agricultural landscapes promote spider and ground beetle densities by offering suitable overwintering sites

R Gallé, P Császár, T Makra, N Gallé-Szpisjak… - Landscape …, 2018 - Springer
Context Intensive agricultural management practices and landscape homogenisation are
the main drivers of biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes. Agricultural fields are …

Arthropod biodiversity in olive groves under two soil management systems: presence versus absence of herbaceous cover crop

AJ Carpio, J Castro, FS Tortosa - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification has greatly affected biodiversity in recent decades. One common
and recent transformation that has taken place in Mediterranean countries is olive grove …

Dry grasslands adjacent to organic fields have higher plant diversity− Even far into their interior

B Schöpke, K Wesche, M Wulf - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Dry semi-natural grasslands are highly species-rich, and therefore often protected in cultural
landscapes of Central Europe. However, reserves are typically small and may be subjected …

Weather and landscape drivers of the regional level of pest occurrence in arable agriculture: A multi-pest analysis at the French national scale

E Courson, S Petit, S Poggi, B Ricci - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Limiting crop pests while favouring environmentally friendly practices is challenging. It is
required to identify the main drivers of infestation for multiple pests at different scales. In …

Strength of forest edge effects on litter‐dwelling macro‐arthropods across Europe is influenced by forest age and edge properties

P De Smedt, L Baeten, W Proesmans… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Forests are highly fragmented across Western Europe, making forest edges important
features in many agricultural landscapes. Forest edges are subject to strong abiotic …