Multiple crop** systems as drivers for providing multiple ecosystem services: from concepts to design

S Gaba, F Lescourret, S Boudsocq, J Enjalbert… - Agronomy for …, 2015 - Springer
Provisioning services, such as the production of food, feed, and fiber, have always been the
main focus of agriculture. Since the 1950s, intensive crop** systems based on the …

Island ecosystem services: insights from a literature review on case-study island ecosystem services and future prospects

MV Balzan, M Potschin-Young… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Small islands are of special interest for sustainable development because of their unique
characteristics and vulnerabilities. They are ecologically fragile, have limited resources, are …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of cover crops on multiple ecosystem services: Ten meta-analyses of data from arable farmland in California and the Mediterranean

GE Shackelford, R Kelsey, LV Dicks - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Cover crops are considered to be beneficial for multiple ecosystem services, and they have
been widely promoted through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the EU and Farm …

Why do agroforestry systems enhance biodiversity? Evidence from habitat amount hypothesis predictions

M Santos, RL Cajaiba, R Bastos, D Gonzalez… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Considering the present ecological crisis, land use-biodiversity relationships have become a
major topic in landscape planning, ecosystem management and ecological restoration. In …

Towards a greener common agricultural policy

A Navarro, JV López-Bao - Nature ecology & evolution, 2018 - nature.com
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content Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support …

Using an expert system to assess biodiversity in life cycle assessment of vegetable crops

A Pépin, MV Guidoboni, P Jeanneret… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes due to intensification of agriculture and
degradation and loss of semi-natural habitats is a major issue that life cycle assessment …

How to manage hedgerows as effective ecological corridors for mammals: a two-species approach

O Dondina, L Kataoka, V Orioli, L Bani - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2016 - Elsevier
In European agricultural landscapes, forest fragmentation is one of the most serious threats
to wildlife populations viability. Ecological corridors are the management tool used to …

Contribution of Agro-Environmental Factors to Yield and Plant Diversity of Olive Grove Ecosystems (Olea europaea L.) in the Mediterranean Landscape

AD Solomou, A Sfougaris - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Olive cultivation (Olea europaea L.) is one of the most significant sources of income for
agricultural areas in the Mediterranean basin, and the olive oil industry as well as the …

Native plants for greening Mediterranean agroecosystems

B Jiménez-Alfaro, S Frischie, J Stolz… - Nature Plants, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract In the upcoming United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global
challenge for scientists and practitioners will be to develop a well-functioning seed …

Assessing the effect of agricultural land abandonment on bird communities in southern-eastern Europe

S Zakkak, A Radovic, SC Nikolov, S Shumka… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Agricultural land abandonment is recognized as a major environmental threat in Europe,
being particularly pronounced in south-eastern Europe, where knowledge on its effects is …