The sustainability of farming systems has been enhanced by legislation on different scales,
but at the same time these policies also promote more productive systems through farming …

Conventional farming has been implicated in global biodiversity loss, with many farmland
birds in decline. Organic farming is often considered a more ecological alternative since it …

Agricultural intensification is a persistent and growing threat to biodiversity worldwide. Olive
groves cover extensive areas in the Mediterranean basin and play a fundamental role as …

Fleshy fruit production is becoming more intensive worldwide, but how this affects
frugivorous birds is poorly known. In the Mediterranean region, intensive and super …

Rewilding farmland represents a good policy option to restore and conserve the
environment in environmentally sensitive areas. This paper is the first to analyze farmers' …

The effects of the farming system (conventional-organic-abandoned) and soil management
(native cover crop vs tillage) on vascular plant species were analyzed in slo** olive …

Olive farming has vastly intensified across the Mediterranean basin recently. This ongoing
process has detrimental social and environmental outcomes, but it also represents a unique …

Since millennia, olive groves have been a key crop in the Mediterranean basin, currently
extending over more than 10 million hectares (FAO, 2021) and holding a significant cultural …

The species-area relationship is among the most important patterns in ecology, and is an
important tool in conservation. However, research into the species-area and minimum area …

The study presents an analytical framework for examining the transversal structure, rather
than the longitudinal pattern of the landscape in coastal zones. Our methodology introduces …