Shifting agriculture in the tropics has been replaced by sedentary smallholder farming on a
few hectares of degraded land. To address low yields and low income both, the soil fertility …

Crops are the main source of toxic cadmium for humans due to uptake from naturally or
anthropogenically polluted soils. Chronic Cd ingestion causes kidney, liver, and skeletal …

Arthropods are crucial for sustaining global cacao cultivation, contributing to diverse
ecological functions within the cacao agroecosystem. Despite their importance, there'sa lack …

Rainforest conversion into monoculture plantations results in species loss and community
shifts across animal taxa. The effect of such conversion on the role of ecophysiological …

Arthropods play vital roles in ecosystem functions, yet their distribution is subjected to
environmental factors. Hence, this study investigates the impact of habitat features on …

The relative importance of environmental and spatial drivers of animal diversity varies
across scales, but identifying these scales can be difficult if a sampling design does not …

Spiders are omnipresent, occurring in almost all terrestrial habitats. They are generalist
predators and important for conservation biocontrol in agricultural fields, hel** to reduce …

Biodiversity may be positively related to crop yield, but the mechanisms by which such
effects are realized are as yet poorly understood. Reduced pest incidence may be one …

In order to secure the provisioning of ecosystem services, detailed analyses of the
relationship between biodiversity and agriculture are required. We studied ground spider …

Agricultural intensification is implicated as a major driver of global biodiversity loss. Local
management and landscape scale factors both influence biodiversity in agricultural systems …