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Restoration ecology that maximizes ecosystem services (ES) requires planning at large spatial scales, which are often the most meaningful for ecosyste...

Intensification of cultivation methods and land-use types, particularly in the face of climate change, has steadily weakened the habitat function of r...

Organic farming (OF) enhances top soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in croplands compared with conventional farming (CF), which can contribute to seque...

Land abandonment due to increasing depopulation of rural areas is an ongoing trend in developed countries worldwide. Abandoned lands represent an oppo...

Agricultural intensification has had dramatic effects on farmland biodiversity and has caused declines in many taxa. Habitat changes are thought to be...

Desertification is of critical concern because it may affect 40% of the global land area inhabited by more than 1 billion people. During the process o...

Drought is an increasing risk to the biodiversity within rivers-ecosystems which are already impacted by human activities. However, the long-term spat...

Wild large herbivores provide goods and income to rural communities, have major impacts on land use and habitats of conservation importance and, in so...

Drainage canals are widespread components of agricultural landscapes. Although canals have greatly contributed to biodiversity loss by desiccating wet...

Forests on private land have a wide range of uses that span activities such as recreation, primary production and nature conservation. Traditionally, ...