[HTML][HTML] Ecovoltaics: Framework and future research directions to reconcile land-based solar power development with ecosystem conservation

C Tölgyesi, Z Bátori, J Pascarella, L Erdős, P Török… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewable energy production is gaining momentum globally as a way to combat climate
change without drastically reducing human energy consumption. Solar energy offers the …

Temperate alley‐cropping agroforestry improves pest control potential by promoting spider abundance and functional diversity

D Matevski, V Sagolla, L Beule… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Intensive agricultural land use negatively impacts biodiversity, including arthropod predator
diversity and their pest control potential. Alley‐cropping agroforestry systems (integration of …

A modified habitat quality model to incorporate the effects of ecological restoration

R Ma, Y Lü, B Fu, D Lü, X Wu, S Sun… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Ecosystem restoration has the potential to improve the ecological environment, increase
ecosystem service delivery capability, and promote biodiversity conservation. Although …

Importance of grassy and forest non-crop habitat islands for overwintering of ground-dwelling arthropods in agricultural landscapes: A multi-taxa approach

M Knapp, M Štrobl, A Venturo, M Seidl… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-crop habitats are supposed to provide valuable resources to beneficial arthropods
inhabiting agricultural landscapes during both the growing and winter seasons …

The effects of crop type, landscape composition and agroecological practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical smallholder farms

C Vogel, K Poveda, A Iverson, FA Boetzl… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the tropics, smallholder farming characterizes some of the world's most biodiverse
landscapes. Agroecology as a pathway to sustainable agriculture has been proposed and …

Role of abandoned grasslands in the conservation of spider communities across heterogeneous mountain landscapes

D Nardi, L Marini - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decades, the transformation of agriculture and the associated decline in semi-
natural grasslands have been major drivers of the loss of spider diversity across Europe, in …

Research progress on ecological regulation to crop pests using agricultural biodiversity

YAN Xueying, W Hui, Z Yanjun, Z Jianning… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - zgswfz.com.cn
At present, in the context of protecting biodiversity, maintaining the sustainable and healthy
development of ecosystems and reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides, using …

Glyphosate-based herbicides reduced overwintering population and reproduction of agrobiont spiders

N Yu, J Li, Y Chen, Y Wang, Z Guo, Z Liu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Spiders are important in ecosystem and serve as predators in the biological control of pest
insects in agroecosystem, where they encounter various harsh challenges including …

Brace yourselves, winter is coming: the winter activity, natural diet, and prey preference of winter-active spiders on pear trees

D Gajski, T Mifková, O Košulič, O Michálek… - Journal of Pest …, 2024 - Springer
Modern agricultural pest management systems rely on naturally occurring generalist
predators to promote pest suppression. Still, little research has been done to assess their …

Exploring multitrophic interactions in oilseed rape fields reveals the prevailing role of Carabidae

L Serée, A Gardarin, O Crouzet, A Barbottin… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In cropped fields, birds are often at the highest position in the food chain, feeding on pest
arthropods and their intermediate predators in a process known as intraguild predation. The …