Beyond organic farming–harnessing biodiversity-friendly landscapes

T Tscharntke, I Grass, TC Wanger, C Westphal… - Trends in ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
We challenge the widespread appraisal that organic farming is the fundamental alternative
to conventional farming for harnessing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Certification of …

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension

RE O'Dea, M Lagisz, MD Jennions… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since the early 1990s, ecologists and evolutionary biologists have aggregated primary
research using meta‐analytic methods to understand ecological and evolutionary …

Complex agricultural landscapes host more biodiversity than simple ones: A global meta-analysis

N Estrada-Carmona, AC Sánchez… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity conservation requires profound
structural changes worldwide. Often, discussions are centered on management at the field …

[PDF][PDF] Food system impacts on biodiversity loss

TG Benton, C Bieg, H Harwatt, R Pudasaini… - Three levers for food …, 2021 - ciwf.com
Food system impacts on biodiversity loss Page 1 Research Paper Food system impacts on
biodiversity loss Three levers for food system transformation in support of nature Tim G. Benton …

Bottom-up forces in agroecosystems and their potential impact on arthropod pest management

P Han, AV Lavoir, C Rodriguez-Saona… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Bottom-up effects are major ecological forces in crop–arthropod pest–natural enemy
multitrophic interactions. Over the past two decades, bottom-up effects have been …

The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

EA Martin, M Dainese, Y Clough, A Báldi… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key
aim of a sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement of crop fields and …

Ecological intensification: bridging the gap between science and practice

D Kleijn, R Bommarco, TPM Fijen, LA Garibaldi… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of
agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming …

[HTML][HTML] Agro-ecological options for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) management: Providing low-cost, smallholder friendly solutions to an invasive …

RD Harrison, C Thierfelder, F Baudron… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fall armyworm (FAW), a voracious agricultural pest native to North and South America, was
first detected on the African continent in 2016 and has subsequently spread throughout the …

Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

DS Karp, R Chaplin-Kramer… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The idea that noncrop habitat enhances pest control and represents a win–win opportunity
to conserve biodiversity and bolster yields has emerged as an agroecological paradigm …

Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems

F Isbell, PR Adler, N Eisenhauer, D Fornara… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have revealed many potential benefits of increasing plant diversity in natural
ecosystems, as well as in agroecosystems and production forests. Plant diversity potentially …