[HTML][HTML] Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures

RS Acharya, T Leslie, J Burke, K Naithani, E Fitting… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollinators contribute to the establishment of perennial native forages, but little is known
about the effect of grazing practices on pollinator abundance and diversity in livestock …

[HTML][HTML] Making bird numbers count: Would Dutch farmers accept a result-based meadow bird conservation scheme?

I Thiermann, B Silvius, M Splinter, L Dries - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Current management contracts under agri-environmental schemes (AES) are often action-
based. This means that farmers are reimbursed for the costs incurred when implementing …

High thematic resolution land use change models refine biodiversity scenarios: A case study with Belgian bumblebees

L Marshall, V Beckers, S Vray, P Rasmont… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Projections of biodiversity scenarios often rely solely on climate change to inform
species distribution shifts in the future. Land use projections are rarely used due to their …

[HTML][HTML] Simply the green: Urban refuges

JL Berger, SNK Daum, M Hartlieb - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Large refugia and small refuges have always been crucial for species survival, particularly
during periods like the Ice Age. When their original habitats became uninhabitable, they …

Unraveling feed and nutrient use efficiencies in grassland-based dairy farms

J Oenema, O Oenema - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Grassland-based dairy farms are important for the provisioning of milk and ecosystem
services. However, the key factors and interactions that influence the feed use efficiency of …

Bird community structure as a function of habitat heterogeneity: A case of Mardi Himal, Central Nepal

N Pandey, L Khanal, N Chapagain, KD Singh… - Biodiversitas Journal of …, 2021 - smujo.id
Pandey N, Khanal L, Chapagain N, Singh KD, Bhattarai BP, Chalise MK. 2021. Bird
community structure as a function of habitat heterogeneity: A case of Mardi Himal, Central …

Sinus management: meandering mowing as a novel method to improve pollinator biodiversity and habitat heterogeneity in mesic grasslands

L Parmentier, A Van Kerckvoorde, J Couckuyt… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2025 - Elsevier
The decline of European grassland biodiversity underscores the urgent need for innovative
methods to address this crisis. Adequate management is essential to reverse this trend while …

[HTML][HTML] Depleting soil nutrients through frequency and timing of hay cutting on floodplain meadows for habitat restoration and nutrient neutrality

V Bowskill, S Bhagwat, D Gowing - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Floodplain meadows support a high level of botanical diversity because the nutrient inputs
from flood sediments are balanced by nutrient offtake via an annual hay harvest, leading to …

[PDF][PDF] Delineating important pollinator areas in Flanders (northern Belgium)

D Maes, T Adriaens, F Van de Meutter… - Reports of the …, 2024 - researchgate.net
The strong and rapid decline of pollinators and other insects has recently drawn attention
from both scientists and the media. The main threats to insects are habitat loss and …

The Mismatch Negativity: Four machine learning approaches for predicting dyslexia in infants on EEG data

N Prins - 2023 - studenttheses.uu.nl
Electroencephalogram (EEG) in combination with machine learning (ML) techniques is
becoming an increasingly popular method in medicine for clinical disorders prediction. This …