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3. Divergent agricultural development pathways across farm and landscape scales in Europe: Implications for sustainability and farmer satisfaction

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Helfenstein, Julian, Hepner, Samuel, Kreuzer, Amelie, Achermann, Gregor, Williams, Tim, Bürgi, Matthias, Debonne, Niels, Dimopoulos, Thymios, Diogo, Vasco, Fjellstad, Wendy, Garcia-Martin, Maria, Hernik, Józef, Kizos, Thanasis, Lausch, Angela, Levers, Christian, Liira, Jaan, Mohr, Franziska, Moreno, Gerardo, Pazur, Robert, Salata, Tomasz, Schüpbach, Beatrice, Swart, Rebecca, Verburg, Peter H., Zarina, Anita, and Herzog, Felix

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2024
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4. Why has farming in Europe changed? A farmers’ perspective on the development since the 1960s

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Mohr, Franziska, Diogo, Vasco, Helfenstein, Julian, Debonne, Niels, Dimopoulos, Thymios, Dramstad, Wenche, García-Martín, Maria, Hernik, Józef, Herzog, Felix, Kizos, Thanasis, Lausch, Angela, Lehmann, Livia, Levers, Christian, Pazur, Robert, Ruiz-Aragón, Virginia, Swart, Rebecca, Thenail, Claudine, Ulfeng, Hege, Verburg, Peter H., Williams, Tim, Zarina, Anita, and Bürgi, Matthias

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2023
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11. The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis

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Albrecht, Matthias, Kleijn, David, Williams, Neal M, Tschumi, Matthias, Blaauw, Brett R, Bommarco, Riccardo, Campbell, Alistair J, Dainese, Matteo, Drummond, Francis A, Entling, Martin H, Ganser, Dominik, de Groot, G Arjen, Goulson, Dave, Grab, Heather, Hamilton, Hannah, Herzog, Felix, Isaacs, Rufus, Jacot, Katja, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jonsson, Mattias, Knop, Eva, Kremen, Claire, Landis, Douglas A, Loeb, Gregory M, Marini, Lorenzo, McKerchar, Megan, Morandin, Lora, Pfister, Sonja C, Potts, Simon G, Rundlöf, Sardiñas, Hillary, Sciligo, Amber, Thies, Carsten, Tscharntke, Teja, Venturini, Eric, Veromann, Eve, Vollhardt, Ines MG, Wäckers, Felix, Ward, Kimiora, Westbury, Duncan B, Wilby, Andrew, Woltz, Megan, Wratten, Steve, and Sutter, Louis

Subjects
Ecological Applications, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences, Zero Hunger, Agriculture, Bees, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Europe, Flowers, New Zealand, North America, Pest Control, Pollination, Agroecology, agri-environment schemes, bee pollinators, conservation biological control, ecological intensification, farmland biodiversity, floral enhancements, natural pest regulation, pollination reservoirs, sustainable agriculture, wildflower strips, Evolutionary Biology, Ecological applications, Environmental management
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Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of different floral plantings, their characteristics and consequences for crop yield is lacking. Here we quantified the impacts of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control (18 studies) and pollination services (17 studies) in adjacent crops in North America, Europe and New Zealand. Flower strips, but not hedgerows, enhanced pest control services in adjacent fields by 16% on average. However, effects on crop pollination and yield were more variable. Our synthesis identifies several important drivers of variability in effectiveness of plantings: pollination services declined exponentially with distance from plantings, and perennial and older flower strips with higher flowering plant diversity enhanced pollination more effectively. These findings provide promising pathways to optimise floral plantings to more effectively contribute to ecosystem service delivery and ecological intensification of agriculture in the future.

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2020

20. Farmer surveys in Europe suggest that specialized, intensive farms were more likely to perceive negative impacts from COVID-19

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Helfenstein, Julian, Bürgi, Matthias, Debonne, Niels, Dimopoulos, Thymios, Diogo, Vasco, Dramstad, Wenche, Edlinger, Anna, Garcia-Martin, Maria, Hernik, Józef, Kizos, Thanasis, Lausch, Angela, Levers, Christian, Mohr, Franziska, Moreno, Gerardo, Pazur, Robert, Siegrist, Michael, Swart, Rebecca, Thenail, Claudine, Verburg, Peter H., Williams, Tim G, Zarina, Anita, and Herzog, Felix

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2022
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22. Mixtures of forest and agroforestry alleviate trade-offs between ecosystem services in European rural landscapes

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Rolo, Victor, Roces-Diaz, Jose V., Torralba, Mario, Kay, Sonja, Fagerholm, Nora, Aviron, Stephanie, Burgess, Paul, Crous-Duran, Josep, Ferreiro-Dominguez, Nuria, Graves, Anil, Hartel, Tibor, Mantzanas, Konstantinos, Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa, Palma, Joao H.N., Sidiropoulou, Anna, Szerencsits, Erich, Viaud, Valérie, Herzog, Felix, Plieninger, Tobias, and Moreno, Gerardo

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2021
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23. State-of-the-art practices in farmland biodiversity monitoring for North America and Europe

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Herzog, Felix and Franklin, Janet

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Ecological Applications, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation of Natural Resources, Environmental Monitoring, Farms, Government Regulation, North America, Policy Making, Agricultural landscape, Ecosystem service, Essential biodiversity variables, Monitoring budget, Stakeholder need, Survey design, Ecology
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Policy makers and farmers need to know the status of farmland biodiversity in order to meet conservation goals and evaluate management options. Based on a review of 11 monitoring programs in Europe and North America and on related literature, we identify the design choices or attributes of a program that balance monitoring costs and usefulness for stakeholders. A useful program monitors habitats, vascular plants, and possibly faunal groups (ecosystem service providers, charismatic species) using a stratified random sample of the agricultural landscape, including marginal and intensive regions. The size of landscape samples varies with the grain of the agricultural landscape; for example, samples are smaller in Europe and larger in North America. Raw data are collected in a rolling survey, which distributes sampling over several years. Sufficient practical experience is now available to implement broad monitoring schemes on both continents. Technological developments in remote sensing, metagenomics, and social media may offer new opportunities for affordable farmland biodiversity monitoring and help to lower the overall costs of monitoring programs.

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2016

24. Farmland biodiversity and agricultural management on 237 farms in 13 European and two African regions

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Lüscher, Gisela, Ammari, Youssef, Andriets, Aljona, Angelova, Siyka, Arndorfer, Michaela, Bailey, Debra, Balázs, Katalin, Bogers, Marion, Bunce, Robert G. H., Choisis, Jean-Philippe, Dennis, Peter, Díaz, Mario, Dyman, Tetyana, Eiter, Sebastian, Fjellstad, Wendy, Fraser, Mariecia, Friedel, Jürgen K., Garchi, Salah, Geijzendorffer, Ilse R., Gomiero, Tiziano, González-Bornay, Guillermo, Guteva, Yana, Herzog, Felix, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jongman, Rob H. G., Kainz, Max, Kwikiriza, Norman, López Díaz, María Lourdes, Moreno, Gerardo, Nicholas-Davies, Pip, Nkwiine, Charles, Opio, Julius, Paoletti, Maurizio G., Podmaniczky, László, Pointereau, Philippe, Pulido, Fernando, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Schneider, Manuel K., Sghaier, Tahar, Siebrecht, Norman, Stoyanova, Siyka, Wolfrum, Sebastian, Yashchenko, Sergiy, Albrecht, Harald, Báldi, András, Belényesi, Márta, Benhadi-Marin, Jacinto, Blick, Theo, Buholzer, Serge, Centeri, Csaba, Choisis, Norma, Cuendet, Gérard, De Lange, Hendrika J., Déjean, Sylvain, Deltshev, Christo, Dramstad, Wenche, Elek, Zoltán, Engan, Gunnar, Evtushenko, Konstantin, Falusi, Eszter, Finch, Oliver-D., Frank, Thomas, Gavinelli, Federico, Genoud, David, Gillingham, Phillipa K., Grónás, Viktor, Häusler, Werner, Heer, Xaver, Hübner, Thomas, Isaia, Marco, Jerkovich, Gergely, Jesus, Juan B., Kakudidi, Esezah, Kelemen, Eszter, Koncz, Nóra, Kovacs, Eszter, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Last, Luisa, Ljubomirov, Toshko, Mandery, Klaus, Mayr, Josef, Mjelde, Atle, Muster, J Christoph, Nascimbene, Juri, Neumayer, Johann, Ødegaard, Frode, Ortiz Sánchez, Francisco Javier, Oschatz, Marie-Louise, Papaja-Hülsbergen, Susanne, Paschetta, Mauro, Pavett, Mark, Pelosi, Céline, Penksza, Károly, Pommeresche, Reidun, Popov, Victor, Radchenko, Volodymyr, Richner, Nina, Riedel, Susanne, Scullion, John, Sommaggio, Daniele, Szalkovszki, Ottó, Szerencsits, Erich, Vale, Jim, Kats, Ruud van, Vasilev, Angel, Whittington, Andrew E., Wilkes-Allemann, Jerylee, Zanetti, Tommaso, Trigo Aza, María Dolores, Gutiérrez López, Mónica, Díaz Cosín, Darío, Lüscher, Gisela, Ammari, Youssef, Andriets, Aljona, Angelova, Siyka, Arndorfer, Michaela, Bailey, Debra, Balázs, Katalin, Bogers, Marion, Bunce, Robert G. H., Choisis, Jean-Philippe, Dennis, Peter, Díaz, Mario, Dyman, Tetyana, Eiter, Sebastian, Fjellstad, Wendy, Fraser, Mariecia, Friedel, Jürgen K., Garchi, Salah, Geijzendorffer, Ilse R., Gomiero, Tiziano, González-Bornay, Guillermo, Guteva, Yana, Herzog, Felix, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jongman, Rob H. G., Kainz, Max, Kwikiriza, Norman, López Díaz, María Lourdes, Moreno, Gerardo, Nicholas-Davies, Pip, Nkwiine, Charles, Opio, Julius, Paoletti, Maurizio G., Podmaniczky, László, Pointereau, Philippe, Pulido, Fernando, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Schneider, Manuel K., Sghaier, Tahar, Siebrecht, Norman, Stoyanova, Siyka, Wolfrum, Sebastian, Yashchenko, Sergiy, Albrecht, Harald, Báldi, András, Belényesi, Márta, Benhadi-Marin, Jacinto, Blick, Theo, Buholzer, Serge, Centeri, Csaba, Choisis, Norma, Cuendet, Gérard, De Lange, Hendrika J., Déjean, Sylvain, Deltshev, Christo, Dramstad, Wenche, Elek, Zoltán, Engan, Gunnar, Evtushenko, Konstantin, Falusi, Eszter, Finch, Oliver-D., Frank, Thomas, Gavinelli, Federico, Genoud, David, Gillingham, Phillipa K., Grónás, Viktor, Häusler, Werner, Heer, Xaver, Hübner, Thomas, Isaia, Marco, Jerkovich, Gergely, Jesus, Juan B., Kakudidi, Esezah, Kelemen, Eszter, Koncz, Nóra, Kovacs, Eszter, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Last, Luisa, Ljubomirov, Toshko, Mandery, Klaus, Mayr, Josef, Mjelde, Atle, Muster, J Christoph, Nascimbene, Juri, Neumayer, Johann, Ødegaard, Frode, Ortiz Sánchez, Francisco Javier, Oschatz, Marie-Louise, Papaja-Hülsbergen, Susanne, Paschetta, Mauro, Pavett, Mark, Pelosi, Céline, Penksza, Károly, Pommeresche, Reidun, Popov, Victor, Radchenko, Volodymyr, Richner, Nina, Riedel, Susanne, Scullion, John, Sommaggio, Daniele, Szalkovszki, Ottó, Szerencsits, Erich, Vale, Jim, Kats, Ruud van, Vasilev, Angel, Whittington, Andrew E., Wilkes-Allemann, Jerylee, Zanetti, Tommaso, Trigo Aza, María Dolores, Gutiérrez López, Mónica, and Díaz Cosín, Darío

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Farmland is a major land cover type in Europe and Africa and provides habitat for numerous species. The severe decline in farmland biodiversity of the last decades has been attributed to changes in farming practices, and organic and low-input farming are assumed to mitigate detrimental effects of agricultural intensification on biodiversity. Since the farm enterprise is the primary unit of agricultural decision making, management-related effects at the field scale need to be assessed at the farm level. Therefore, in this study, data were collected on habitat characteristics, vascular plant, earthworm, spider, and bee communities and on the corresponding agricultural management in 237 farms in 13 European and two African regions. In 15 environmental and agricultural homogeneous regions, 6–20 farms with the same farm type (e.g., arable crops, grassland, or specific permanent crops) were selected. If available, an equal number of organic and non-organic farms were randomly selected. Alternatively, farms were sampled along a gradient of management intensity. For all selected farms, the entire farmed area was mapped, which resulted in total in the mapping of 11 338 units attributed to 194 standardized habitat types, provided together with additional descriptors. On each farm, one site per available habitat type was randomly selected for species diversity investigations. Species were sampled on 2115 sites and identified to the species level by expert taxonomists. Species lists and abundance estimates are provided for each site and sampling date (one date for plants and earthworms, three dates for spiders and bees). In addition, farmers provided information about their management practices in face-to-face interviews following a standardized questionnaire. Farm management indicators for each farm are available (e.g., nitrogen input, pesticide applications, or energy input). Analyses revealed a positive effect of unproductive areas and a negative effect of intensive manageme, Depto. de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Fac. de Ciencias Biológicas, TRUE, pub

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2024

25. Land‐use change in the past 40 years explains shifts in arthropod community traits.

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Martínez‐Núñez, Carlos, Gossner, Martin M., Maurer, Corina, Neff, Felix, Obrist, Martin K., Moretti, Marco, Bollmann, Kurt, Herzog, Felix, Knop, Eva, Luka, Henryk, Cahenzli, Fabian, and Albrecht, Matthias

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ARTHROPODA, GROUND beetles, BODY size, DROUGHT tolerance, NUMBERS of species, ABIOTIC stress, ECOSYSTEMS
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Understanding how anthropogenic activities induce changes in the functional traits of arthropod communities is critical to assessing their ecological consequences. However, we largely lack comprehensive assessments of the long‐term impact of global‐change drivers on the trait composition of arthropod communities across a large number of species and sites. This knowledge gap critically hampers our ability to predict human‐driven impacts on communities and ecosystems.Here, we use a dataset of 1.73 million individuals from 877 species to study how four functionally important traits of carabid beetles and spiders (i.e. body size, duration of activity period, tolerance to drought, and dispersal capacity) have changed at the community level across ~40 years in different types of land use and as a consequence of land use changes (that is, urbanisation and loss of woody vegetation) at the landscape scale in Switzerland.The results show that the mean body size in carabid communities declined in all types of land use, with particularly stronger declines in croplands compared to forests. Furthermore, the length of the activity period and the tolerance to drought of spider communities decreased in most land use types. The average body size of carabid communities in landscapes with increased urbanisation in the last ~40 years tended to decrease. However, the length of the activity period, the tolerance to drought, and the dispersal capacity did not change significantly. Furthermore, urbanisation promoted increases in the average dispersal capacities of spider communities. Additionally, urbanisation favoured spider communities with larger body sizes and longer activity periods. The loss of woody areas at the landscape level was associated with trait shifts to carabid communities with larger body sizes, shorter activity periods, higher drought tolerances and strongly decreased dispersal capacities. Decreases in activity periods and dispersal capacities were also found in spider communities.Our study demonstrates that human‐induced changes in land use alter key functional traits of carabid and spider communities in the long term. The detected trait shifts in arthropod communities likely have important consequences for their functional roles in ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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28. Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes: Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases.

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De Palma, Adriana, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Aizen, Marcelo A, Albrecht, Matthias, Basset, Yves, Bates, Adam, Blake, Robin J, Boutin, Céline, Bugter, Rob, Connop, Stuart, Cruz-López, Leopoldo, Cunningham, Saul A, Darvill, Ben, Diekötter, Tim, Dorn, Silvia, Downing, Nicola, Entling, Martin H, Farwig, Nina, Felicioli, Antonio, Fonte, Steven J, Fowler, Robert, Franzén, Markus, Goulson, Dave, Grass, Ingo, Hanley, Mick E, Hendrix, Stephen D, Herrmann, Farina, Herzog, Felix, Holzschuh, Andrea, Jauker, Birgit, Kessler, Michael, Knight, ME, Kruess, Andreas, Lavelle, Patrick, Le Féon, Violette, Lentini, Pia, Malone, Louise A, Marshall, Jon, Pachón, Eliana Martínez, McFrederick, Quinn S, Morales, Carolina L, Mudri-Stojnic, Sonja, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Nilsson, Sven G, Öckinger, Erik, Osgathorpe, Lynne, Parra-H, Alejandro, Peres, Carlos A, Persson, Anna S, Petanidou, Theodora, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Rader, Romina, Richards, Miriam H, Roulston, T'ai, Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P, Samnegård, Ulrika, Schellhorn, Nancy A, Schüepp, Christof, Schweiger, Oliver, Smith-Pardo, Allan H, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Stout, Jane C, Tonietto, Rebecca K, Tscharntke, Teja, Tylianakis, Jason M, Verboven, Hans AF, Vergara, Carlos H, Verhulst, Jort, Westphal, Catrin, Yoon, Hyung Joo, and Purvis, Andy

Subjects
Animals, Bees, Conservation of Natural Resources, Geography
Abstract

Land-use change and intensification threaten bee populations worldwide, imperilling pollination services. Global models are needed to better characterise, project, and mitigate bees' responses to these human impacts. The available data are, however, geographically and taxonomically unrepresentative; most data are from North America and Western Europe, overrepresenting bumblebees and raising concerns that model results may not be generalizable to other regions and taxa. To assess whether the geographic and taxonomic biases of data could undermine effectiveness of models for conservation policy, we have collated from the published literature a global dataset of bee diversity at sites facing land-use change and intensification, and assess whether bee responses to these pressures vary across 11 regions (Western, Northern, Eastern and Southern Europe; North, Central and South America; Australia and New Zealand; South East Asia; Middle and Southern Africa) and between bumblebees and other bees. Our analyses highlight strong regionally-based responses of total abundance, species richness and Simpson's diversity to land use, caused by variation in the sensitivity of species and potentially in the nature of threats. These results suggest that global extrapolation of models based on geographically and taxonomically restricted data may underestimate the true uncertainty, increasing the risk of ecological surprises.

Published
2016

29. Corrigendum: Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation.

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Kleijn, David, Winfree, Rachael, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Henry, Mickaël, Isaacs, Rufus, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Kremen, Claire, M'Gonigle, Leithen K, Rader, Romina, Ricketts, Taylor H, Williams, Neal M, Adamson, Nancy Lee, Ascher, John S, Báldi, András, Batáry, Péter, Benjamin, Faye, Biesmeijer, Jacobus C, Blitzer, Eleanor J, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brand, Mariëtte R, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Button, Lindsey, Cariveau, Daniel P, Chifflet, Rémy, Colville, Jonathan F, Danforth, Bryan N, Elle, Elizabeth, Garratt, Michael PD, Herzog, Felix, Holzschuh, Andrea, Howlett, Brad G, Jauker, Frank, Jha, Shalene, Knop, Eva, Krewenka, Kristin M, Le Féon, Violette, Mandelik, Yael, May, Emily A, Park, Mia G, Pisanty, Gideon, Reemer, Menno, Riedinger, Verena, Rollin, Orianne, Rundlöf, Maj, Sardiñas, Hillary S, Scheper, Jeroen, Sciligo, Amber R, Smith, Henrik G, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Thorp, Robbin, Tscharntke, Teja, Verhulst, Jort, Viana, Blandina F, Vaissiére, Bernard E, Veldtman, Ruan, Ward, Kimiora L, Westphal, Catrin, and Potts, Simon G

Published
2016

30. Correction: Corrigendum: Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

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Kleijn, David, Winfree, Rachael, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Henry, Mickaël, Isaacs, Rufus, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Kremen, Claire, M’Gonigle, Leithen K, Rader, Romina, Ricketts, Taylor H, Williams, Neal M, Adamson, Nancy Lee, Ascher, John S, Báldi, András, Batáry, Péter, Benjamin, Faye, Biesmeijer, Jacobus C, Blitzer, Eleanor J, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brand, Mariëtte R, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Button, Lindsey, Cariveau, Daniel P, Chifflet, Rémy, Colville, Jonathan F, Danforth, Bryan N, Elle, Elizabeth, Garratt, Michael PD, Herzog, Felix, Holzschuh, Andrea, Howlett, Brad G, Jauker, Frank, Jha, Shalene, Knop, Eva, Krewenka, Kristin M, Le Féon, Violette, Mandelik, Yael, May, Emily A, Park, Mia G, Pisanty, Gideon, Reemer, Menno, Riedinger, Verena, Rollin, Orianne, Rundlöf, Maj, Sardiñas, Hillary S, Scheper, Jeroen, Sciligo, Amber R, Smith, Henrik G, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Thorp, Robbin, Tscharntke, Teja, Verhulst, Jort, Viana, Blandina F, Vaissiére, Bernard E, Veldtman, Ruan, Ward, Kimiora L, Westphal, Catrin, and Potts, Simon G

Subjects
Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences, Crop and Pasture Production
Abstract

Nature Communications 6: Article number: 7414 (2015); Published: 16 June 2015; Updated: 18 February 2016. The authors inadvertently omitted Kimiora L. Ward, who managed and contributed data, from the author list. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

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2016

31. An increase in food production in Europe could dramatically affect farmland biodiversity

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Jeanneret, Philippe, Lüscher, Gisela, Schneider, Manuel K., Pointereau, Philippe, Arndorfer, Michaela, Bailey, Debra, Balázs, Katalin, Báldi, András, Choisis, Jean-Philippe, Dennis, Peter, Diaz, Mario, Eiter, Sebastian, Elek, Zoltán, Fjellstad, Wendy, Frank, Thomas, Friedel, Jürgen K., Geijzendorffer, Ilse R., Gillingham, Pippa, Gomiero, Tiziano, Jerkovich, Gergely, Jongman, Rob H. G., Kainz, Max, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Moreno, Gerardo, Nascimbene, Juri, Oschatz, Marie-Louise, Paoletti, Maurizio G., Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Siebrecht, Norman, Sommaggio, Daniele, Wolfrum, Sebastian, and Herzog, Felix

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2021
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33. Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation.

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Kleijn, David, Winfree, Rachael, Bartomeus, Ignasi, Carvalheiro, Luísa G, Henry, Mickaël, Isaacs, Rufus, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Kremen, Claire, M'Gonigle, Leithen K, Rader, Romina, Ricketts, Taylor H, Williams, Neal M, Lee Adamson, Nancy, Ascher, John S, Báldi, András, Batáry, Péter, Benjamin, Faye, Biesmeijer, Jacobus C, Blitzer, Eleanor J, Bommarco, Riccardo, Brand, Mariëtte R, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Button, Lindsey, Cariveau, Daniel P, Chifflet, Rémy, Colville, Jonathan F, Danforth, Bryan N, Elle, Elizabeth, Garratt, Michael PD, Herzog, Felix, Holzschuh, Andrea, Howlett, Brad G, Jauker, Frank, Jha, Shalene, Knop, Eva, Krewenka, Kristin M, Le Féon, Violette, Mandelik, Yael, May, Emily A, Park, Mia G, Pisanty, Gideon, Reemer, Menno, Riedinger, Verena, Rollin, Orianne, Rundlöf, Maj, Sardiñas, Hillary S, Scheper, Jeroen, Sciligo, Amber R, Smith, Henrik G, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Thorp, Robbin, Tscharntke, Teja, Verhulst, Jort, Viana, Blandina F, Vaissière, Bernard E, Veldtman, Ruan, Ward, Kimiora L, Westphal, Catrin, and Potts, Simon G

Subjects
Animals, Bees, Crops, Agricultural, Conservation of Natural Resources, Biodiversity, Pollination, Crops, Agricultural
Abstract

There is compelling evidence that more diverse ecosystems deliver greater benefits to people, and these ecosystem services have become a key argument for biodiversity conservation. However, it is unclear how much biodiversity is needed to deliver ecosystem services in a cost-effective way. Here we show that, while the contribution of wild bees to crop production is significant, service delivery is restricted to a limited subset of all known bee species. Across crops, years and biogeographical regions, crop-visiting wild bee communities are dominated by a small number of common species, and threatened species are rarely observed on crops. Dominant crop pollinators persist under agricultural expansion and many are easily enhanced by simple conservation measures, suggesting that cost-effective management strategies to promote crop pollination should target a different set of species than management strategies to promote threatened bees. Conserving the biological diversity of bees therefore requires more than just ecosystem-service-based arguments.

Published
2015

36. Agroforestry is paying off – Economic evaluation of ecosystem services in European landscapes with and without agroforestry systems

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Kay, Sonja, Graves, Anil, Palma, João H.N., Moreno, Gerardo, Roces-Díaz, José V., Aviron, Stéphanie, Chouvardas, Dimitrios, Crous-Duran, Josep, Ferreiro-Domínguez, Nuria, García de Jalón, Silvestre, Măcicăşan, Vlad, Mosquera-Losada, María Rosa, Pantera, Anastasia, Santiago-Freijanes, Jose Javier, Szerencsits, Erich, Torralba, Mario, Burgess, Paul J., and Herzog, Felix

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2019
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37. Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in Europe

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Kay, Sonja, Rega, Carlo, Moreno, Gerardo, den Herder, Michael, Palma, João H.N., Borek, Robert, Crous-Duran, Josep, Freese, Dirk, Giannitsopoulos, Michail, Graves, Anil, Jäger, Mareike, Lamersdorf, Norbert, Memedemin, Daniyar, Mosquera-Losada, Rosa, Pantera, Anastasia, Paracchini, Maria Luisa, Paris, Pierluigi, Roces-Díaz, José V., Rolo, Victor, Rosati, Adolfo, Sandor, Mignon, Smith, Jo, Szerencsits, Erich, Varga, Anna, Viaud, Valérie, Wawer, Rafal, Burgess, Paul J., and Herzog, Felix

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2019
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46. Bending the curve of biodiversity loss requires rewarding farmers economically for conservation management

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Kleijn, David, primary, Bartomeus, Ignasi, additional, Bretagnolle, Vincent, additional, Häfner, Kati, additional, Herzog, Felix, additional, Kantelhardt, Jochen, additional, Öckinger, Erik, additional, Potts, Simon, additional, Riedo, Giulia, additional, Sapundzhieva, Anna, additional, Schaller, Lena Luise, additional, and Yovcheva, Nikol, additional

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2023
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48. Drei Visionen im Realitäts-Check: Avenir Suisse, Bauernverband, Landwirtschaft mit Zukunft

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Achermann, G., Helfenstein, J., Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika, Herzog, Felix, Achermann, G., Helfenstein, J., Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika, and Herzog, Felix

Abstract

Agroscope studied the changes in the agricultural sector over the past twenty years in three Swiss regions and compared them with the visions of three associations: Avenir Suisse, the Schweizer Bauernverband and Landwirtschaft mit Zukunft.

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2023

49. The Historic Square Foot Dataset : outstanding small‐scale richness in Swiss grasslands around the year 1900

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Riedel, Susanne, Widmer, Stefan, Babbi, Manuel, Buholzer, Serge, Grünig, Andreas, Herzog, Felix, Richner, Nina, Dengler, Jürgen, Riedel, Susanne, Widmer, Stefan, Babbi, Manuel, Buholzer, Serge, Grünig, Andreas, Herzog, Felix, Richner, Nina, and Dengler, Jürgen

Abstract

Grasslands host a significant share of Europe's species diversity but are among the most threatened vegetation types of the continent. Resurvey studies can help to understand patterns and drivers of changes in grassland diversity and species composition. However, most resurveys are based on local or regional data, and hardly reach back more than eight decades. Here, we publish and describe the Historic Square Foot Dataset, comprising 580 0.09-m2 and 43 1-m2 vegetation plots carefully sampled between 1884 and 1931, covering a wide range of grassland types across Switzerland. We provide the plots as an open-access data set with coordinates, relocation accuracy and fractional aboveground biomass per vascular plant species. We assigned EUNIS habitat types to most plots. Mean vascular plant species richness in 0.09 m2 was 19.7, with a maximum of 47. This is considerably more than the present-day world record of 43 species for this plot size. Historically, species richness did not vary with elevation, differing from the unimodal relationship found today. The data set provides unique insight into how grasslands in Central Europe looked more than 100 years ago, thus offering manifold options for studies on the development of grassland biodiversity and productivity.

Published
2023

50. Farmland biodiversity and agricultural management on 237 farms in 13 European and two African regions

Author

Lüscher, Gisela, Ammari, Youssef, Andriets, Aljona, Angelova, Siyka, Arndorfer, Michaela, Bailey, Debra, Balázs, Katalin, Bogers, Marion, Bunce, Robert G. H., Choisis, Jean-Philippe, Dennis, Peter, Díaz, Mario, Dyman, Tetyana, Eiter, Sebastian, Fjellstad, Wendy, Fraser, Mariecia, Friedel, Jürgen K., Garchi, Salah, Geijzendorffer, Ilse R., Gomiero, Tiziano, Gonzàlez-Bornay, Guillermo, Guteva, Yana, Herzog, Felix, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jongman, Rob H. G., Kainz, Max, Kwikiriza, Norman, Díaz, María Lourdes López, Moreno, Gerardo, Nicholas-Davies, Pip, Nkwiine, Charles, Opio, Julius, Paoletti, Maurizio G., Podmaniczky, László, Pointereau, Philippe, Pulido, Fernando, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre, Schneider, Manuel K., Sghaier, Tahar, Siebrecht, Norman, Stoyanova, Siyka, Wolfrum, Sebastian, Yashchenko, Sergiy, Albrecht, Harald, Báldi, András, Belényesi, Márta, Benhadi-Marin, Jacinto, Blick, Theo, Buholzer, Serge, Centeri, Csaba, Choisis, Norma, Cuendet, Gérard, De Lange, Hendrika J., Déjean, Sylvain, Deltshev, Christo, Cosín, Darío J. Díaz, Dramstad, Wenche, Elek, Zoltán, Engan, Gunnar, Evtushenko, Konstantin, Falusi, Eszter, Finch, Oliver-D., Frank, Thomas, Gavinelli, Federico, Genoud, David, Gillingham, Phillipa K., Grónás, Viktor, Gutiérrez, Mónica, Häusler, Werner, Heer, Xaver, Hübner, Thomas, Isaia, Marco, Jerkovich, Gergely, Jesus, Juan B., Kakudidi, Esezah, Kelemen, Eszter, Koncz, Nóra, Kovacs, Eszter, Kovács-Hostyánszki, Anikó, Last, Luisa, Ljubomirov, Toshko, Mandery, Klaus, Mayr, Josef, Mjelde, Atle, Muster, Christoph, Nascimbene, Juri, Neumayer, Johann, Ødegaard, Frode, Sánchez, Francisco Javier Ortiz, Oschatz, Marie-Louise, Papaja-Hülsbergen, Susanne, Paschetta, Mauro, Pavett, Mark, Pelosi, Céline, Penksza, Károly, Pommeresche, Reidun, Popov, Victor, Radchenko, Volodymyr, Richner, Nina, Riedel, Susanne, Scullion, John, Sommaggio, Daniele, Szalkovszki, Ottó, Szerencsits, Erich, Trigo, Dolores, Vale, Jim, vanKats, Ruud, Vasilev, Angel, Whitttngton, Andrew E., Wilkes-Allemann, Jerylee, and Zanetti, Tommaso

Published
2016

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