Manifestations and underlying drivers of agricultural land use change in Europe

J Van Vliet, HLF de Groot, P Rietveld… - Landscape and Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Agricultural land use in Europe has changed considerably in the last decades. However, our
understanding of agricultural land use changes, especially changes in land use intensity, is …

[HTML][HTML] Where concepts meet the real world: A systematic review of ecosystem service indicators and their classification using CICES

B Czúcz, I Arany, M Potschin-Young, K Bereczki… - Ecosystem Services, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a 'concept matching'systematic review linking the classes of the Common
International Classification for Ecosystem Services (CICES, v4. 3) to the ways scientists …

Exploring ecosystem-change and society through a landscape lens: recent progress in European landscape research

T Plieninger, T Kizos, C Bieling, L Le Dû-Blayo… - Ecology and …, 2015 - JSTOR
Landscapes are closely linked to human well-being, but they are undergoing rapid and
fundamental change. Understanding the societal transformation underlying these landscape …

Multiple ecosystem services landscape index: A tool for multifunctional landscapes conservation

G Rodríguez-Loinaz, JG Alday, M Onaindia - Journal of Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
The contribution of ecosystems to human well-being has been widely recognised. Taking
into account existing trade-offs between ecosystem services (ES) at the farm scale and the …

Land-use and land-cover changes in rural areas during different political systems: A case study of Slovakia from 1782 to 2006

R Kanianska, M Kizeková, J Nováček, M Zeman - Land Use Policy, 2014 - Elsevier
The paper analyses the period from 1782 to 2006 divided according to the existing political
systems in three rural study sites of Slovakia. Two long, monarchy (I. LMP) and revolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] Types of collective action problems and farmers' willingness to accept agri-environmental schemes in Switzerland

S Villamayor-Tomas, J Sagebiel, J Rommel… - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last years, there has been an increasing interest in the intersection of collective
action and payments for ecosystem services. This has been motivated, among other things …

[HTML][HTML] The need for weeds: Man-made, non-cropped habitats complement crops and natural habitats in providing honey bees and bumble bees with pollen …

J Jachuła, B Denisow, M Wrzesień… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In Europe, honey bees and bumble bees are among the most important pollinators, and
there is a growing interest in understanding the effects of floral resource availability on their …

Habitat heterogeneity helps to mitigate pollinator nectar sugar deficit and discontinuity in an agricultural landscape

J Jachuła, B Denisow, M Wrzesień - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The scarcity of floral resources and their seasonal discontinuity are considered as major
factors for pollinator decline in intensified agricultural landscapes worldwide. The …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness of the common agricultural policy and environmental policy in country districts: Spatial spillovers of pollution, bio-uniformity and green …

B Czyżewski, R Trojanek, M Dzikuć… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
A significant part of the common agricultural policy (CAP) focuses on implementing
environmentally friendly practices, which have been evaluated in many studies. However …

Patterns and drivers of scattered tree loss in agricultural landscapes: orchard meadows in Germany (1968-2009)

T Plieninger, C Levers, M Mantel, A Costa, H Schaich… - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Scattered trees support high levels of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services in
agricultural landscapes, but they are threatened by agricultural intensification, urbanization …