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View article: The impact of abandonment and intensification on the biodiversity of agriculturally marginal grasslands – a systematic review
The impact of abandonment and intensification on the biodiversity of agriculturally marginal grasslands – a systematic review Open
Agriculturally marginal grasslands have been traditionally managed at low intensity for centuries and are among Europe’s key biodiversity hotspots. Because of their low profitability, many of them have been either abandoned or subjected to…
View article: Restoring habitat quality for Skylarks in winter cereal fields by manipulating the crop architecture
Restoring habitat quality for Skylarks in winter cereal fields by manipulating the crop architecture Open
Losses of suitable foraging and nesting habitats are key drivers for ongoing declines of farmland birds. For Eurasian Skylarks ( Alauda arvensis ), this is reflected by the lack of sparse and short vegetation structure (i.e., crop architec…
View article: Biodiversity-friendly landscapes: A paradox for conservation?
Biodiversity-friendly landscapes: A paradox for conservation? Open
Human-induced global change may cause the sixth mass extinction of species. The moderate success of patch-scale biodiversity conservation measures has led to the concept of creating biodiversity-friendly landscapes. However, these landscap…
View article: Slugs hide in the dark: Artificial light at night alters fitness and activity of dominant herbivores with consequences for ecosystem functioning
Slugs hide in the dark: Artificial light at night alters fitness and activity of dominant herbivores with consequences for ecosystem functioning Open
Artificial light at night (ALAN) has emerged as a major source of disturbance for organisms by altering their behavior, physiology, and fitness, with consequences for ecosystem functioning. Yet, we still know relatively little about how it…
View article: Moth communities are shaped by season, weather, elevation, and landscape composition
Moth communities are shaped by season, weather, elevation, and landscape composition Open
Insect community records are strongly influenced by the timing of sampling (e.g. season, weather) and the location of sampling (e.g. elevation, land use). However, we still poorly understand how the combination of these factors affects com…
View article: Bimodal seasonal activity of moths and elevation, weather and land use as drivers of their diversity
Bimodal seasonal activity of moths and elevation, weather and land use as drivers of their diversity Open
Moths are an important part of terrestrial insect diversity and contribute substantially to ecosys-tem functioning. Yet, how their activity varies with the season and how different biotic and abiotic factors (elevation, weather, land use) …
View article: Sensory pollution by artificial light: Implications for ecology and evolution
Sensory pollution by artificial light: Implications for ecology and evolution Open
View article: Pollen load, pollen species diversity and conspecific pollen carried by pollinators across 24-hour cycles
Pollen load, pollen species diversity and conspecific pollen carried by pollinators across 24-hour cycles Open
Plant-pollinator interactions are key for the reproduction of wild plants and for food security. However, the role nocturnal pollinators play in wild plant communities is not yet clear. Specifically, it has rarely been studied whether noct…
View article: Land‐use change in the past 40 years explains shifts in arthropod community traits
Land‐use change in the past 40 years explains shifts in arthropod community traits Open
Understanding how anthropogenic activities induce changes in the functional traits of arthropod communities is critical to assessing their ecological consequences. However, we largely lack comprehensive assessments of the long‐term impact …
View article: Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity
Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity Open
Ecological focus areas (EFAs) are a key element of European agri-environmental measures, which aim at mitigating the negative impact of intensive agricultural practices on biodiversity. They are mostly implemented at local scale, such as a…
View article: Do nocturnal pollinators carry a more conspecific pollen load than diurnal ones?
Do nocturnal pollinators carry a more conspecific pollen load than diurnal ones? Open
Plant-pollinator interactions are key for the reproduction of wild plants and for food security. However, the role nocturnal pollinators play in wild plant communities is not yet clear. Specifically, it has rarely been studied whether noct…
View article: A systematic review on the effectiveness of crop architecture-related in-field measures for promoting ground-breeding farmland birds
A systematic review on the effectiveness of crop architecture-related in-field measures for promoting ground-breeding farmland birds Open
Ground-breeding farmland birds are disproportionately negatively affected by the impact of agricultural intensification and mostly still dramatically declining in Europe. One main reason for this decline is the lack of suitable nesting sit…
View article: Additive effects of two agri-environmental schemes on plant diversity but not on productivity indicators in permanent grasslands in Switzerland
Additive effects of two agri-environmental schemes on plant diversity but not on productivity indicators in permanent grasslands in Switzerland Open
View article: Patterns of high-flying insect abundance are shaped by landscape type and abiotic conditions
Patterns of high-flying insect abundance are shaped by landscape type and abiotic conditions Open
View article: Rows make the field: Winter wheat fields with manipulated crop architecture show potential for ecological intensification based on higher natural pest and weed seed control
Rows make the field: Winter wheat fields with manipulated crop architecture show potential for ecological intensification based on higher natural pest and weed seed control Open
Ecological intensification aims to reduce environmental costs of agricultural production by increasing biodiversity and using the associated ecosystem services instead of, or in combination with, external inputs, so that yields are maintai…
View article: Different roles of concurring climate and regional land-use changes in past 40 years’ insect trends
Different roles of concurring climate and regional land-use changes in past 40 years’ insect trends Open
View article: Disentangling direct and indirect drivers of farmland biodiversity at landscape scale
Disentangling direct and indirect drivers of farmland biodiversity at landscape scale Open
To stop the ongoing decline of farmland biodiversity there are increasing claims for a paradigm shift in agriculture, namely from conserving and restoring farmland biodiversity at field scale (α‐diversity) to doing it at landscape scale (γ…
View article: Supplementary material for "Patterns of high-flying insect abundance are shaped by landscape type and abiotic conditions"
Supplementary material for "Patterns of high-flying insect abundance are shaped by landscape type and abiotic conditions" Open
Insects are of increasing conservation concern as a severe decline of both biomass and biodiversity have been reported. At the same time, data on where and when they occur in the airspace is still sparse, and we currently do not know wheth…
View article: Supplementary material for "Patterns of high-flying insect abundance are shaped by landscape type and abiotic conditions"
Supplementary material for "Patterns of high-flying insect abundance are shaped by landscape type and abiotic conditions" Open
Insects are of increasing conservation concern as a severe decline of both biomass and biodiversity have been reported. At the same time, data on where and when they occur in the airspace is still sparse, and we currently do not know wheth…
View article: The Matthew effect: Common species become more common and rare ones become more rare in response to artificial light at night
The Matthew effect: Common species become more common and rare ones become more rare in response to artificial light at night Open
Artificial light at night (ALAN) has been and still is rapidly spreading and has become an important component of global change. Although numerous studies have tested its potential biological and ecological impacts on animals, very few stu…
View article: 11 Pressing Research Questions on How Light Pollution Affects Biodiversity
11 Pressing Research Questions on How Light Pollution Affects Biodiversity Open
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is closely associated with modern societies and is rapidly increasing worldwide. A dynamically growing body of literature shows that ALAN poses a serious threat to all levels of biodiversity—from genes to e…
View article: La diversité des insectes en Suisse : importance, tendances, possibilités d'action
La diversité des insectes en Suisse : importance, tendances, possibilités d'action Open
La situation des populations d’insectes en Suisse est préoccupante, relèvent des scientifiques dans le premier rapport détaillé sur le sujet, « Diversité des insectes en Suisse », publié mardi par le Forum Biodiversité de l’Académie suisse…
View article: Insektenvielfalt in der Schweiz: Bedeutung, Trends, Handlungsoptionen
Insektenvielfalt in der Schweiz: Bedeutung, Trends, Handlungsoptionen Open
Die Situation der Insekten in der Schweiz sei besorgniserregend, schreiben Forschende im ersten umfassenden Zustandsbericht «Insektenvielfalt in der Schweiz», publiziert vom Forum Biodiversität der Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz.…
View article: Bimodal activity of diurnal flower visitation at high elevation
Bimodal activity of diurnal flower visitation at high elevation Open
Successful pollination in animal‐pollinated plants depends on the temporal overlap between flower presentation and pollinator foraging activity. Variation in the temporal dimension of plant–pollinator networks has been investigated intense…
View article: Matthew effect: common species become more common and rare ones become more rare in response to artificial light at night
Matthew effect: common species become more common and rare ones become more rare in response to artificial light at night Open
Artificial light at night (ALAN) has been and still is rapidly spreading, and has become an important component of global change. Although numerous studies have tested its potential biological and ecological impacts on animals, fewer have …
View article: Artificial light at night can modify ecosystem functioning beyond the lit area: deposited data
Artificial light at night can modify ecosystem functioning beyond the lit area: deposited data Open
This repository contains the data and R code needed to reproduce the analyses published in the Scientific Reports paper entitled "Artificial light at night can modify ecosystem functioning beyond the lit area". Authors: Simone Giavi, Sina …
View article: Artificial light at night can modify ecosystem functioning beyond the lit area: deposited data
Artificial light at night can modify ecosystem functioning beyond the lit area: deposited data Open
This repository contains the data and R code needed to reproduce the analyses published in the Scientific Reports paper entitled "Artificial light at night can modify ecosystem functioning beyond the lit area". Authors: Simone Giavi, Sina …
View article: Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions
Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions Open
View article: Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions: deposited data
Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions: deposited data Open
This repository contains the data and R code needed to reproduce the analyses published in the Nature Communication paper entitled "Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions" (authors: Simone Giavi, Colin…
View article: Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions: deposited data
Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions: deposited data Open
This repository contains the data and R code needed to reproduce the analyses published in the Nature Communication paper entitled "Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions" (authors: Simone Giavi, Colin…