Combining biodiversity conservation with the agricultural production needed to meet the
rising world food demand is a global challenge. This is a case in point for olive farming in the …

The knowledge and conservation of diminishing valuable habitats in agricultural landscapes
are of key importance in saving declining farmland biodiversity. One of these habitats is the …

Birds are regarded as appropriate biological indicators of how changes in agricultural
practices affect the environment. They are also involved in the biocontrol of pests. In the …

Orchards are parts of agriculture and apart from their economic role they may preserve
biodiversity in highly transformed farmlands. An increasing intensity of orchards …

Identifying the factors that influence nest survival insympatric species is important for the
proper and effective management of their breeding populations. We used logistic-exposure …

Intensively-managed fruit-tree plantations consisting of low-stem trees have progressively
replaced traditional high-and mid-stem orchards in Europe during the intensification of …

Intensive orchards are artificial habitats managed according to production criteria, but they
may mimic open woodlands and harbour wild species. We investigated the effect of orchard …

Since millennia, olive groves have been a key crop in the Mediterranean basin, currently
extending over more than 10 million hectares (FAO, 2021) and holding a significant cultural …

Agricultural intensification has led to dramatic declines in bird populations. In particular, the
acknowledged role of synthetic pesticides on direct bird intoxication or food resource …

The purpose of this study was to characterise the breeding birds of an old, extensively
managed apple orchard and its influence on the biodiversity of the agricultural landscape in …