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Farmland biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate and various conservation measures have been implemented to reverse this negative trend. Farmste...

Large-scale conversion of tropical forests into oil palm monocultures has led to dramatic losses of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. While ecolog...

Livestock grazing at low stocking rates is widely recommended to maintain grassland biodiversity. However, empirical evidence of grazing-intensity eff...

The selection of plant provenance for ecological restoration is an intensively debated topic. Throughout this debate, arguments mostly focus on plant ...

Rice feeds about half of the world's population. The intensification of rice farming has threatened biodiversity and ecosystem services, such as pest ...

Frequent fires are often proposed as a way of preventing woody encroachment in savannas, yet few studies have examined whether high-intensity fires ca...

Semi-natural perennial grasslands are of increasing importance as components of multifunctional agroecosystems, combining biomass production with prov...

Predicting how increasing rates of global trade will result in new establishments of potentially damaging invasive species is a question of critical i...

Estimates of seed bank depletion rates are essential for modelling and management of plant populations. The seed bag burial method is often used to me...

Extreme weather events can be expected to increase in frequency in the future. Our knowledge on how this may affect species persistence is, however, v...