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The importance of trees for woody pasture bird diversity and effects of the European Union's tree density policy.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Jakobsson, S. & Lindborg, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recent reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy aim for a greening of the subsidy system with potential improvements for biodiversity conservation. A...

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Remnant vegetation, plantings and fences are beneficial for reptiles in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Pulsford, S. A. & Driscoll, D. A. & Barton, P. S. & Lindenmayer, D. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Managing agricultural landscapes for biodiversity conservation is increasingly difficult as land use is modified or intensified for production. Findin...

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Grape moth density in Bordeaux vineyards depends on local habitat management despite effects of landscape heterogeneity on their biological control.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Rusch, A. & Delbac, L. & Thiéry, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biological control of crop pests is a major ecosystem service affected by several variables acting at multiple spatial scales. Among these variables, ...

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Landscape-scale interactions of spatial and temporal cropland heterogeneity drive biological control of cereal aphids.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Baillod, A. B. & Tscharntke, T. & Clough, Y. & Batáry, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural landscapes are characterised by dynamic crop mosaics changing in composition and configuration over space and time. Although semi-natural...

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Using beta diversity to inform agricultural policies and conservation actions on Mediterranean farmland.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Santana, J. & Porto, M. & Reino, L. & Moreira, F. & Ribeiro, P. F. & Santos, J. L. & Rotenberry, J. T. & Beja, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spatial variation in species composition (β-diversity) is an important component of farmland biodiversity, which together with local richness (α-diver...

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Enhancing plant diversity in agricultural landscapes promotes both rare bees and dominant crop-pollinating bees through complementary increase in key floral resources.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Sutter, L. & Jeanneret, P. & Bartual, A. M. & Bocci, G. & Albrecht, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Enhancing key floral resources is essential to effectively mitigate the loss of pollinator diversity and associated provisioning of pollination functi...

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The effects of organic agriculture on biodiversity and abundance: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 25 May 2005

Authors: Bengtsson, J. & Ahnström, J. & Weibull, A. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The efficiency of agricultural subsidy programmes for preserving biodiversity and improving the environment has been questioned in recent years. Organ...

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Organic farming benefits birds most in regions with more intensive agriculture.

Published online: 02 Feb 2021

Authors: Kirk, D. A. & Martin, A. E. & Lindsay, K. E. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming is considered beneficial for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes but the role of agricultural land use intensity ('ag...

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Managing urban ecosystems for goods and services.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Gaston, K. J. & Ávila-Jiménez, M. L. & Edmondson, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concomitant with the rise in the proportion of the global human population that resides in urban areas has been growth in awareness of the importance ...

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Can the abundance of tigers be assessed from their signs?

Published online: 09 Feb 2011

Authors: Yadvendradev Jhala & Qamar Qureshi & Rajesh Gopal

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Indices of abundance offer cost effective and rapid methods for estimating abundance of endangered species across large landscapes, yet their wide usa...

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