Crop and landscape heterogeneity increase biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: A global review and meta‐analysis

TS Priyadarshana, EA Martin, C Sirami… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification not only increases food production but also drives widespread
biodiversity decline. Increasing landscape heterogeneity has been suggested to increase …

Relationship between landscape complexity and ecosystem services from the perspective of smallholder agroecosystems in China—A review

Y Zou, P Zhao, FJJA Bianchi, S Gong, L Li, J Li… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Ecosystem services such as pollination and natural pest control are crucial for sustainable
agriculture and affected by landscape complexity. Landscape complexity is associated with …

[HTML][HTML] The Mesoamerican milpa agroecosystem fosters greater arthropod diversity compared to monocultures

P Grof-Tisza, MH Muller, R Gónzalez-Salas… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification, including the conversion of agroecosystems into monocultures, is
a leading cause of global biodiversity loss. Preserving smallholder farms that use traditional …

Effects of land consolidation intensity on landscape pattern and biodiversity in paddy ecosystem

P Yang, M Shen, Y Zhang, H Wang, Y Xue… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2025 - Elsevier
Land consolidation (LC) are introduced in agricultural landscapes to streamline mechanical
field operations, and increase crop production. However, it may cause adverse effects on …

[HTML][HTML] Insect conservation in agricultural landscapes needs both high crop heterogeneity and semi-natural habitats

S Tassoni, D Becker, MK Kasten, J Morinière… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Identifying landscapes that are suitable for both biodiversity conservation and agricultural
production is a major challenge. Traditionally, much research has focused on biodiversity …

Effects of traditional orchard abandonment and landscape context on the beneficial arthropod community in a Mediterranean agroecosystem

V de Paz, JD Asís, A Holzschuh, L Baños-Picón - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Agricultural abandonment is a very relevant process in Europe and its
consequences on biodiversity are not yet clear. Moreover, abandonment is focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Local scale crop compositional heterogeneity suppresses the abundance of a major lepidopteran pest of cruciferous vegetables

TS Priyadarshana, MB Lee, EM Slade… - Basic and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous studies have recommended preserving semi-natural habitats as a strategy to
promote natural enemies and reduce the abundance of agricultural pests. Such non-crop …

Balancing agricultural development and biodiversity conservation with rapid urbanization: Insights from multiscale bird diversity in rural landscapes

Y Chen, Y Liu, X Zhang, J Liu, M Chen, C Chen… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2025 - Elsevier
Land-use shifts in agricultural regions are major drivers of avian habitat loss in develo**
countries. However, current studies on bird diversity in agricultural landscapes are still …

Integrating RNAi technology in smallholder farming: accelerating sustainable development goals

J Willow, E Veromann - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Approximately 84% of farms globally are< 2 hectares; these and other smallholder farms
collectively produce over one third of humanity's food. However, smallholder farms …

[HTML][HTML] A Landscape-Clustering Zoning Strategy to Map Multi-Crops in Fragmented Cropland Regions Using Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 Imagery with Feature …

G Fang, C Wang, T Dong, Z Wang, C Cai, J Chen… - Agriculture, 2025 - mdpi.com
Crop map** using remote sensing is a reliable and efficient approach to obtaining timely
and accurate crop information. Previous studies predominantly focused on large-scale …