Vineyards are intensively managed monocultures, constituting homogeneously cultivated
landscapes. They often have a mineral appearance, not only because they occur mostly in …

The Woodlark is an insectivorous bird, which is listed as a priority species in Switzerland. In
Valais, a stronghold of this species in the country, the birds breed in intensively managed …

Habitat loss and fragmentation are key drivers of biodiversity loss. However, they are usually
confounded, making it difficult to separate fragmentation effects from those of habitat loss. In …

Abstract The concept of High Nature Value Farmland (HNVF) was introduced in the early
1990s to highlight the crucial role of low intensity farming systems for the conservation of …

Picea neoveitchii Mast., an endemic and rare species in China, classified as Critically
Endangered (CR) in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, possesses significant …

Nowadays we are seeing the largest biodiversity loss since the extinction of the dinosaurs.
To conserve biodiversity it is essential to plan protected areas using a prioritization …

Steppic habitats host an extremely high proportion of birds with unfavourable conservation
status in Europe, such as larks. This research aims to both investigate habitat-lark …

The results of our long-term monitoring of a family of larks (Alauda arvensis L.,
Melanocorypha calandra L., M. leucoptera Pallas, M. yeltoniensis JR Forster, and …

Аннотация Приводятся результаты многолетнего мониторинга семейства
жаворонковых (Alauda arvensis L., Melanocorypha calandra L., M. leucoptera Pallas, M …

Farmland birds have declined in the last decades mostly due to agriculture intensification.
The Woodlark Lullula arborea, a farmland species of conservation concern and protected by …