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Merino sheep were given 24 h access to a plot that had 1 m² patches of annual pasture that varied in biomass, height and botanical composition at Pert...

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

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used class of insecticides globally. However, the link between farming practices and the extent of contamination of...

Invasive mammals are a major threat to biodiversity. Understanding how their distributions and abundance could be affected by different temporal and s...

Pollination is an ecosystem service that directly contributes to agricultural production, and can therefore provide a strong incentive to conserve nat...

In arable fields, plant species richness consistently increases at field edges. This potentially makes the field edge an important habitat for the con...

Floral resources are known to be important in regulating wild pollinator populations and are therefore an important component of agri-environment and ...

Grasslands occur around the globe and, in temperate regions, their natural management by fire, drought and wild herbivores has largely been replaced b...

1. Mitigating the detrimental impacts of intensive farming on biodiversity requires the implementation of cost-effective conservation actions. Targete...

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