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View article: Widespread Decline of Ground Beetles in Germany
Widespread Decline of Ground Beetles in Germany Open
Aim Many insect species are facing existential crises, primarily due to diverse human activities. Most insect assessments, however, are based on relatively short time series or some iconic species. Here, we assess how the occupancy of grou…
View article: Widespread decline of ground beetles in Germany
Widespread decline of ground beetles in Germany Open
Many insect species are facing existential crises, primarily due to diverse human-induced activities. Most insect assessments, however, are based on short-term data or some iconic species. Here, in close collaboration with taxonomic expert…
View article: Citizen science shows that small agricultural streams in Germany are in a poor ecological status
Citizen science shows that small agricultural streams in Germany are in a poor ecological status Open
Agricultural pesticides, nutrients, and habitat degradation are major causes of insect declines in lowland streams. To effectively conserve and restore stream habitats, standardized stream monitoring data and societal support for freshwate…
View article: The majority of Germany’s small agricultural streams are in poor ecological status
The majority of Germany’s small agricultural streams are in poor ecological status Open
Agricultural pesticides, nutrients, and habitat degradation are major causes of insect declines in lowland streams. To effectively conserve and restore stream habitats, standardized stream monitoring data and societal support for freshwate…
View article: More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany
More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany Open
Long-term analyses of biodiversity data highlight a 'biodiversity conservation paradox': biological communities show substantial species turnover over the past century1,2, but changes in species richness are marginal1,3-5. Most studies, ho…
View article: Flying insect biomass is negatively associated with urban cover in surrounding landscapes
Flying insect biomass is negatively associated with urban cover in surrounding landscapes Open
Aim In this study, we assessed the importance of local‐ to landscape‐scale effects of land cover and land use on flying insect biomass. Location Denmark and parts of Germany. Methods We used rooftop‐mounted car nets in a citizen science pr…
View article: Potential supply and actual use of cultural ecosystem services in mountain protected areas and their surroundings
Potential supply and actual use of cultural ecosystem services in mountain protected areas and their surroundings Open
The potential supply of ecosystem services is often assessed using land cover data. Assessment of actual use of ecosystem services by beneficiaries remains less covered and is often assumed to be congruent with potential supply. However, w…
View article: A checklist for using Beals’ index with incomplete floristic monitoring data
A checklist for using Beals’ index with incomplete floristic monitoring data Open
Christensen et al. criticized the application of Beals’ index of sociological favourability to adjust for incomplete species lists when comparing repeated surveys. Their main argument was that using Beals’ conditional occurrence probabilit…
View article: Vascular plant species diversity in Southeast Asian rice ecosystems is determined by climate and soil conditions as well as the proximity of non-paddy habitats
Vascular plant species diversity in Southeast Asian rice ecosystems is determined by climate and soil conditions as well as the proximity of non-paddy habitats Open
Rice ecosystems vary greatly in climate, edaphic conditions, landscape heterogeneity, agricultural management and biodiversity. However, ongoing land use intensification and conversion to large-scale monoculture are threatening this divers…
View article: Widespread decline in Central European plant diversity across six decades
Widespread decline in Central European plant diversity across six decades Open
Based on plant occurrence data covering all parts of Germany, we investigated changes in the distribution of 2136 plant species between 1960 and 2017. We analyzed 29 million occurrence records over an area of ~350,000 km 2 on a 5 × 5 km gr…
View article: Contrasting impacts of urban and farmland cover on flying insect biomass
Contrasting impacts of urban and farmland cover on flying insect biomass Open
Recent studies report declines in biomass, abundance and diversity of terrestrial insect groups. While anthropogenic land use is one likely contributor to this decline, studies assessing land cover as a driver of insect dynamics are rare a…
View article: Widespread decline in plant diversity across six decades
Widespread decline in plant diversity across six decades Open
Based on plant occurrence data covering all parts of Germany, we investigated changes in the distribution of 2146 plant species between 1960 and 2017. We analyzed 29 million occurrence records over an area of ∼350.000 km 2 on a 5 × 5 km gr…
View article: Front Cover
Front Cover Open
Front cover Species-rich wet meadow at Hessenstein (District Plön) in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany). The photograph was taken at the end of the 1990s. The most conspicious fl ower colors are those of Silene fl os-cuculi (pink) and Ranunculu…
View article: Using incomplete floristic monitoring data from habitat mapping programmes to detect species trends
Using incomplete floristic monitoring data from habitat mapping programmes to detect species trends Open
Aim The loss of biodiversity has raised serious concerns about the entailing losses of ecosystem services. Here, we explore the potential of repeated habitat mapping data to identify floristic changes over time. Using one German federal st…
View article: Rice Ecosystem Services in South-East Asia: The LEGATO Project, Its Approaches and Main Results with a Focus on Biocontrol Services
Rice Ecosystem Services in South-East Asia: The LEGATO Project, Its Approaches and Main Results with a Focus on Biocontrol Services Open
LEGATO stands for "Land-use intensity and Ecological EnGineering—Assessment Tools for risks and Opportunities in irrigated rice based production systems."
View article: Rice ecosystem services in South-east Asia
Rice ecosystem services in South-east Asia Open
The present special issue of Paddy and Water Environment (PAWE) focuses on Ecosystem Services in Irrigated Rice Landscapes as dealt with in the project “LEGATO—Land-use intensity and Ecological enGineering—Assessment Tools for risks and Op…
View article: The LEGATO cross-disciplinary integrated ecosystem service research framework: an example of integrating research results from the analysis of global change impacts and the social, cultural and economic system dynamics of irrigated rice production
The LEGATO cross-disciplinary integrated ecosystem service research framework: an example of integrating research results from the analysis of global change impacts and the social, cultural and economic system dynamics of irrigated rice production Open
In a cross-disciplinary project (LEGATO) combining inter- and transdisciplinary methods, we quantify the dependency of rice-dominated socio-ecological systems on ecosystem functions (ESF) and the ecosystem services (ESS) the integrated sys…
View article: Agricultural landscapes and ecosystem services in South-East Asia—the LEGATO-Project
Agricultural landscapes and ecosystem services in South-East Asia—the LEGATO-Project Open
gricultural landscapes and ecosystem services in South-East sia—the LEGATO-Project osef Settelea,b,∗, Joachim H. Spangenberga,c, Kong Luen Heongd,q, enjamin Burkharde,f, Jesus Victor Bustamanteg, Jimmy Cabbigatg, o Van Chienh, Monina Escal…