Abstract Agri‐environment schemes (AESs), ecological focus areas (EFAs), and organic
farming are the main tools of the common agricultural policy (CAP) to counteract the …

Agricultural intensification and the drastic loss of grassland habitats have led to a general
decline of grassland specialist species in Europe. Current greening measures in grasslands …

The paper investigates the relative influence of landscape characteristics, production
intensity and the EU's Common agricultural policy interventions on the diversity of farmland …

One response to biodiversity decline is the definition of ecological networks that extend
beyond protected areas and promote connectivity in human-dominated landscapes. In …

The concept of umbrella species assumes that concentrating resources on the protection of
a single species contributes to the conservation of a suite of species and ecological …

The conservation of grasslands is a concern worldwide as they are threatened by climate
change and the expansion of intensive agricultural practices. The management of these …

Aim The environmental filtering process is often considered as static in ecological studies.
However, growing evidence shows that species‐environment relationships vary in space …

Afforestation affects Mediterranean farmland biodiversity due to loss and fragmentation of
grassland habitats. While the influence of landscape context and plantation edges on …

Island biogeography theory (IBT) explains and estimates large-scale ecological patterns
among islands and isolated habitat patches. Specifically, IBT predicts that the number of …

Though harboring many diminutives and once directly associated with 10 native extirpated
birds, Saccharum-Imperata grasslands in Bangladesh are highly fragmented existing only in …