Analysis of trends and agricultural drivers of farmland bird declines in North America: A review

RL Stanton, CA Morrissey, RG Clark - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Globally, agriculture has intensified during the past 50 years due to increased
mechanization, changes in the timing of farming operations, grassland conversion to …

A review of the direct and indirect effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on vertebrate wildlife

D Gibbons, C Morrissey, P Mineau - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Concerns over the role of pesticides affecting vertebrate wildlife populations have recently
focussed on systemic products which exert broad-spectrum toxicity. Given that the …

Neonicotinoids and decline in bird biodiversity in the United States

Y Li, R Miao, M Khanna - Nature Sustainability, 2020 - nature.com
Neonicotinoid insecticides are being widely used and have raised concerns about negative
impacts on non-target organisms. However, there has been no large-scale, generalizable …

Land‐use intensity and the effects of organic farming on biodiversity: a hierarchical meta‐analysis

SL Tuck, C Winqvist, F Mota, J Ahnström… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The benefits of organic farming to biodiversity in agricultural landscapes continue to be hotly
debated, emphasizing the importance of precisely quantifying the effect of organic vs …

Common European birds are declining rapidly while less abundant species' numbers are rising

R Inger, R Gregory, JP Duffy, I Stott, P Voříšek… - Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is undergoing unprecedented global decline. Efforts to slow this rate have
focused foremost on rarer species, which are at most risk of extinction. Less interest has …

Biodiversity conservation in agriculture requires a multi-scale approach

DJ Gonthier, KK Ennis, S Farinas… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biodiversity loss—one of the most prominent forms of modern environmental change—has
been heavily driven by terrestrial habitat loss and, in particular, the spread and …

Linked sustainability challenges and trade-offs among fisheries, aquaculture and agriculture

JL Blanchard, RA Watson, EA Fulton… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Fisheries and aquaculture make a crucial contribution to global food security, nutrition and
livelihoods. However, the UN Sustainable Development Goals separate marine and …

Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity–ecosystem service management

T Tscharntke, AM Klein, A Kruess… - Ecology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the negative and positive effects of agricultural land use for the conservation
of biodiversity, and its relation to ecosystem services, needs a landscape perspective …

Farmland biodiversity: is habitat heterogeneity the key?

TG Benton, JA Vickery, JD Wilson - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2003 - cell.com
Agricultural intensification has led to a widespread decline in farmland biodiversity
measured across many different taxa. The changes in agricultural practices affect many …

Sustainable pest regulation in agricultural landscapes: a review on landscape composition, biodiversity and natural pest control

FJJA Bianchi, CJH Booij… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agricultural intensification has resulted in a simplification of agricultural landscapes by the
expansion of agricultural land, enlargement of field size and removal of non-crop habitat …