Reconnecting farmers with nature through agroecological transitions: interacting niches and experimentation and the role of agricultural knowledge and innovation …

C Giagnocavo, M de Cara-García, M González, M Juan… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sustainability transitions in agriculture are explored through an analysis of niche initiatives
within a common production system, relying on sustainable transitions, multi-level …

The ecological and biodiversity conservation values of farm dams: A systematic review

M Littlefair, BC Scheele, M Westgate, D Lindenmayer - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Biodiversity is in rapid decline globally with agriculture being one of the leading causes.
Within agricultural landscapes, some features provide a benefit to biodiversity that is …

Insectivorous bats in semi-arid agroecosystems− effects on foraging activity and implications for insect pest control

I Kahnonitch, Y Lubin, C Korine - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Insectivorous bats populate habitats that adjoin or overlap with agricultural lands, and tend
to use cultivated land for foraging and commuting. The goal of the study was to assess the …

Mediterranean amphibians and the loss of temporary ponds: Are there alternative breeding habitats?

M Ferreira, P Beja - Biological Conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
In farmland landscapes, amphibians often breed in artificial water bodies, which may offset
at least partly the loss of natural wetlands associated with agricultural intensification. It is …

[HTML][HTML] From small waterbodies to large multi-service providers: Assessing their ecological multifunctionality for terrestrial birds in Mediterranean agroecosystems

JM Zamora-Marín, A Zamora-López… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification has caused a rapid loss of singular landscape elements
worldwide, such as farmland ponds, hedgerows and field margins, leading to a steep …

Artificial agri‐environment scheme ponds do not replicate natural environments despite higher aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate richness and abundance

M Reyne, M Nolan, H McGuiggan… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Farmland ponds are a highly threatened freshwater habitat which has undergone dramatic
losses during the last 200 years due to land drainage schemes and agricultural …

Can a cow save a newt? The role of cattle drinking troughs in amphibian conservation

V Buono, AM Bissattini, L Vignoli - … Conservation: Marine and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Amphibians are the vertebrate group experiencing the steepest global population decline
and species loss. Habitat alteration and loss caused by the intensification of agriculture is …

Derivation of spatially detailed lentic habitat map and inventory at a basin scale by integrating multispectral Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and USGS Digital Elevation …

Y Liu, H Liu, L Wang, M Xu, S Cohen, K Liu - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Aquatic habitats are essential for aquaculture, agriculture, and municipal water supply. The
geographical location and quantitative information about the aquatic habitats are critical for …

Diversity in Mediterranean farm ponds: trade‐offs and synergies between irrigation modernisation and biodiversity conservation

F FUENTES‐RODRÍGUEZ, M Juan, I Gallego… - Freshwater …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification has caused dramatic biodiversity loss in many agricultural
landscapes over the last century. Here, we investigated whether new types of farm ponds …

Wetland loss in the transition to urbanisation: a case study from Western Sydney, Australia

S Burgin, MJM Franklin, L Hull - Wetlands, 2016 - Springer
Together with other signatories of the Ramsar Convention, Australia is obliged to seek to
halt wetland loss, which may include farm ponds/dams and other constructed wetlands …