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A large-scale field experiment near Oxford, England, was used to evaluate two contrasting grass leys in terms of nature conservation value, productivi...

Cultivation of bioenergy feedstocks is a growing land-use world-wide, yet we have a poor understanding of how bioenergy crop management practices affe...

Farmland ponds are a highly threatened freshwater habitat which has undergone dramatic losses during the last 200 years due to land drainage schemes a...

The concept of pollinator niche complementarity maintains that species-rich pollinator communities can provide higher and more stable pollination serv...

Land set aside for preservation of biodiversity often has low productivity. As biodiversity generally increases with productivity, due to higher or mo...

Livestock grazing has degraded many arid and semi-arid rangelands around the world, and the drier climate predicted by climate change scenarios may am...

Fragmentation of tropical forests is increasing globally, with negative impacts for biodiversity. In Southeast Asia, expansion of oil palm agriculture...

Increasing landscape heterogeneity of agroecosystems can enhance natural enemy populations and promote biological control. However, little is known ab...

The traditional grasslands that characterize the cultural landscapes of the Palaeartic mountain massifs represent biodiversity hotspots. Yet, they are...

Habitat fragmentation and land degradation, directly and indirectly caused by urbanization, are drastically altering the world's ecosystems and are th...