Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Papers
(The median citation count of Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Combining entomopathogenic Pseudomonas bacteria, nematodes and fungi for biological control of a below-ground insect pest162
Great and fast increase in soil CH4 uptake after reforestation in karst cropland area is linked to the environmental and microbial factors160
Effects of intercropping on composition and molecular diversity of soil dissolved organic matter in apple orchards: Different roles of bacteria and fungi130
Effect of long-term tillage and residue managements on weed flora and its impact on winter wheat development124
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Flowering plants in open tomato greenhouses enhance pest suppression in conventional systems and reveal resource saturation for natural enemies in organic systems99
A global synthesis on the rational management practices for enhancing phosphorus use efficiency in agricultural systems98
The planting years of vineyards alters the carbon fixation pathways by soil autotrophic microorganism97
Biochar-amended poultry mortality composting to increase compost temperatures, reduce ammonia emissions, and decrease leachate’s chemical oxygen demand95
Agricultural extensification enhances functional diversity but not phylogenetic diversity in Mediterranean olive groves: A case study with ant and bird communities91
Pasture age impacts soil fungal composition while bacteria respond to soil chemistry84
Long-term cover crop management effects on soil properties in dryland cropping systems78
Temperature response of soil respiration decreases with latitude and elevation in abandoned croplands72
Management intensive grazing on New England dairy farms enhances soil nitrogen stocks and elevates soil nitrous oxide emissions without increasing soil carbon72
Management intensity and landscape configuration affect the potential for woody plant regeneration in coffee agroforestry70
Identifying the best fertilization practices by many-objective optimization to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from tea field in the subtropics in Central China68
Nitrous oxide emission factors for cattle dung and urine deposited onto tropical pastures: A review of field-based studies67
Do voluntary sustainability standards reduce primary forest loss? A global analysis for food commodities64
Increase of soil organic carbon stock by iron slag-based silicate fertilizer application in paddy soils64
Habitat availability and climate warming drive changes in the distribution of grassland grasshoppers64
Patterns of denitrifier communities assembly and co-occurrence network regulate N2O emissions in soils with long-term contrasting tillage histories62
Root exudate-mediated plant–microbiome interactions determine plant health during disease infection61
Pyric herbivory increases soil microbial diversity but has a site-dependent effect on soil mesofauna in the mid-term61
Nitrate losses in subsurface drainage and nitrous oxide emissions from a winter camelina relay cropping system reveal challenges to sustainable intensification60
Intercropping in rainfed Mediterranean olive groves contributes to improving soil quality and soil organic carbon storage60
Plastic film-mulched ridges and straw-mulched furrows increase soil carbon sequestration and net ecosystem economic benefit in a wheat-maize rotation60
Experimental insecticide applications change tomato pollinator assemblages and do not increase fruit production59
The value of biotic pollination and dense forest for fruit set of Arabica coffee: A global assessment59
Effect of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on greenhouse gas emissions in rice varieties59
Agroforestry with contour planting of grass contributes to terrace formation and conservation of soil and nutrients on sloping land58
Ameliorating C and N balance without loss of productivity by applying mulching measures in rainfed areas58
Impact assessment of soil salinity on crop production in Uzbekistan and its global significance57
How diverse are sun-grown coffee plantations? Local and landscape heterogeneity drives Andean rove beetle diversity57
Quantifying N leaching losses as a function of N balance: A path to sustainable food supply chains56
Using the paddy eco-ditch wetland system to reduce nitrogen non-point source pollution discharge from paddies: A consecutive six-year study in the Yunnan Plateau, China56
Effects of patch-burn grazing and rotational grazing on grassland bird abundance, species richness, and diversity in native grassland pastures of the Midsouth USA55
Diversified crop rotation: Synergistically enhancing peanut yield and soil organic carbon stability55
Increasing N use efficiency while decreasing gaseous N losses in a non-tilled wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crop using a double inhibitor55
No wild bees? Don't worry! Non-bee flower visitors are still hard at work: The edge effect, landscape, and local characteristics determine taxonomic and functional diversity in apple orchards55
Crop rotation and green manure type enhance organic carbon fractions and reduce soil arsenic content53
Land cover and climate drive shifts in Bombus assemblage composition52
Response of soil organic carbon fractions to cover cropping: A meta-analysis of agroecosystems52
Seasonal and annual methane and nitrous oxide emissions affected by tillage and cover crops in flood-irrigated rice51
Quantifying soil organic carbon’s critical role in cereal productivity losses under annualized crop rotations51
Management strategies for reducing phosphorus levels in saltwater-intruded agricultural fields51
Trade-off between carbon sequestration and water loss for vegetation greening in China51
Soil organic carbon and nitrogen fractions as affected by straw and nitrogen management on the North China Plain50
Soil microbial composition, diversity, and network stability in intercropping versus monoculture responded differently to drought50
Nitrous oxide emissions dynamics in Indian agricultural landscapes: Revised emission rates and new insights50
Mineral fertilizer substitution and application of Bacillus velezensis SQR9 reduced nitrogen-oxide emissions in tropical vegetable fields50
Weed suppression and maize yield influenced by cover crop mixture diversity and tillage49
Integrating straw return and tillage practices to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration in wheat–maize rotation systems in the North China Plain49
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Mammals in cacao agroforests: Implications of management intensification in two contrasting landscapes48
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Rationale for field-specific on-farm precision experimentation47
Ungulates alter plant cover without consistent effect on soil ecosystem functioning47
N and P addition increase soil respiration but decrease contribution of heterotrophic respiration in semiarid grassland47
Undervine groundcover substantially increases shallow but not deep soil carbon in a temperate vineyard47
Twenty years of nitrous oxide emissions research in Australian agriculture: A review47
Grazing exclusion modulates the effects of different components of plant diversity on biomass production in semiarid rangeland46
Responses of carbon and microbial community structure to soil nitrogen status vary between maize and potato residue decomposition46
Forest land-use increases soil organic carbon quality but not its structural or thermal stability in a hedgerow system46
Combining organic fertilisation and perennial crops in the rotation enhances arthropod communities46
Peanut–cotton intercropping to enhance soil ecosystem multifunctionality: Roles of microbial keystone taxa, assembly processes, and C-cycling profiles45
Alfalfa-livestock system promotes the accumulation of soil organic carbon in a semi-arid marginal land45
Grazing and applications of nitrogen and phosphorus effects on herbage production and greenhouse gas emissions of pasture in an arid region45
Corrigendum to “A synthesis of the effect of regenerative agriculture on soil carbon sequestration in Southeast Asian croplands” [Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 349 (2023) 108450]44
Viral abundance and lysogenic fraction respond dynamically to cover-crop burn down and vary with conservation soil management practices44
Erratum to “What makes ditches and ponds more efficient in nitrogen control?” [Agri. Ecosyst. Environ. 314 (2021) 107409]44
The value of two agri-environment scheme habitats for pollinators: Annually cultivated margins for arable plants and floristically enhanced grass margins44
Pastures under dry climate can be cold spots for soil nitrous oxide emissions from grazing cattle excreta44
Spatial arrangement of intercropping impacts natural enemy abundance and aphid predation in an intensive farming system43
Microbial effects of prolonged nitrogen fertilization and straw mulching on soil N2O emissions using metagenomic sequencing42
Soil health assessment in the Yangtze River Delta of China: Method development and application in orchards42
Irrigation modulates entomopathogenic nematode community and its soil food web in olive groves under different agricultural managements42
Moderate sheep grazing increases arthropod biomass and habitat use by steppe birds42
Dryland cover crop soil health benefits are maintained with grazing in the U.S. High and Central Plains42
Is green manure a viable substitute for inorganic fertilizer to improve grain yields and advance carbon neutrality in paddy agriculture?42
N2O emissions from soils under short-term straw return in a wheat-corn rotation system are associated with changes in the abundance of functional microbes42
Environmental factors and crop management that affect Delia antiqua damage in onion fields42
Management practices and seasonality affect stingless bee colony growth, foraging activity, and pollen diet in coffee agroecosystems42
Ammonia volatilization from urea in alfalfa field with different nitrogen application rates, methods and timing42
Apple trees utilize 3–5% of root biomass in the weathered rock layer to absorb 33–34% of their transpiration water consumption42
Increasing water-use efficiency in rice fields threatens an endangered waterbird42
Mitigation of ammonia volatilization on farm using an N stabilizer – A demonstration in Quzhou, North China Plain41
Ground cover presence in organic olive orchards affects the interaction of natural enemies against Prays oleae, promoting an effective egg predation41
Intensification differentially affects the delivery of multiple ecosystem services in subtropical and temperate grasslands41
Soil health indicator responses to three years of cover crop and crop rotation in a northern semi-arid region, the Canadian prairies41
Seasonal effects reveal potential mitigation strategies to reduce N2O emission and N leaching from grassland swards of differing composition (grass monoculture, grass/clover and multispecies)41
A global analysis of agricultural productivity and water resource consumption changes over cropland expansion regions40
Cover crops and N fertilization affect soil ammonia volatilization and N2O emission by regulating the soil labile carbon and nitrogen fractions40
Fallow replacement cover crops impact soil water and nitrogen dynamics in a semi-arid sub-tropical environment40
Plastic shed production intensified secondary soil salinization in perennial fruit production systems40
General trends of different inter-row vegetation management affecting vine vigor and grape quality across European vineyards40
Organic amendments increase crop yield while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the perspective of carbon fees in a soybean-wheat system40
The location and vegetation physiognomy of ecological infrastructures determine bat activity in Mediterranean floodplain landscapes39
Agricultural management intensity determines the strength of weed seed predation39
Trees in temperate alley-cropping systems develop deep fine roots 5 years after plantation: What are the consequences on soil resources?39
Configurational landscape heterogeneity: Crop-fallow boundaries enhance the taxonomic diversity of carabid beetles and spiders39
Soil biological response to multi-species cover crops in the Northern Great Plains39
Conversion of degraded farmlands to orchards decreases groundwater recharge rates and nitrate gains in the thick loess deposits38
Ungulate herbivores promote contrasting modifications of soil properties and organic carbon stabilization in a grazed grassland versus rewilded woodland environment38
Vegetation restoration changed the soil aggregate stability and aggregate carbon stabilization pathway according to δ13C signatures38
Response of soil fungal species, phylogenetic and functional diversity to diurnal asymmetric warming in an alpine agricultural ecosystem38
Perennial woodlands benefit parasitoid diversity, but annual flowering fallows enhance parasitism of wheat aphids in an agricultural landscape38
The enhancing effect of intercropping sugar beet with chicory on the deep root growth and nutrient uptake38
Comparative pollinator conservation potential of coffee agroforestry relative to coffee monoculture and tropical rainforest in the DR Congo38
Greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen dynamics and barley productivity as impacted by biosolids applications37
Partitioning eddy covariance CO2 fluxes into ecosystem respiration and gross primary productivity through a new hybrid four sub-deep neural network37
Insect excluding mesh enhances Spotted-wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) control in tunneled raspberry with limited effects on natural enemy abundance37
Identifying areas where biodiversity is at risk from potential cocoa expansion in the Congo Basin37
Effects of winter grazing and N addition on soil phosphorus fractions in an alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau37
Nitrogen and carbon stocks in sandy soil cultivated with corn subjected to 17 years of animal manure and mineral fertilizer application36
Rates of soil organic carbon change in cultivated and afforested sandy soils36
Macrocyclic lactone residues in cattle dung result in a sharp decline in the population of dung beetles in the rangelands of northern China36
Critical role of native forest and savannah habitats in retaining neotropical pollinator diversity in highly mechanized agricultural landscapes36
From small waterbodies to large multi-service providers: Assessing their ecological multifunctionality for terrestrial birds in Mediterranean agroecosystems36
To what extent is fennel crop dependent on insect pollination?36
Determining the role of land resource, cropping and management practices in soil organic carbon status of rice-based cropping systems36
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Integrating poultry improves soil health and vegetable yield in organic, cover-cropped system35
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Treed field borders net-export over 82,000 more hoverflies per km every week into canola crops than herbaceous field borders, regardless of mass-flowering crop bloom35
Land-use changes alter the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition and assembly in the ancient tea forest reserve35
Environmental and biotic filters interact to shape the coexistence of native and introduced bees in northern Patagonian forests35
Agricultural cultivation duration affects soil inorganic N turnover and supply capacity: Evidence in subtropical karst regions35
Can earthworms and root traits improve plant struvite-P uptake? A field mesocosm study35
Invertebrate diversity is shaped by farm management, edge effects and landscape context in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada35
In-situ retention of vegetable residues combined with calcium cyanamide or microbial consortium enhances overall soil quality and cucumber productivity in a long-term monoculture system34
Pollination services to squash insufficient despite abundant specialist bees34
Contrasting water quality in response to long-term nitrogen fertilization in rainfed and irrigated apple-producing regions on China’s Loess Plateau34
Fungicide treatments drive changes in the diversity and species richness of tissue-resident bacteria in agrobiont cobweb-weaving and epigeic spiders34
Impact of plastic mulching and residue return on maize yield and soil organic carbon storage in irrigated dryland areas under climate change33
Assessment of greenhouse gases emissions, global warming potential and net ecosystem economic benefits from wheat field with reduced irrigation and nitrogen management in an arid region of China33
Effects of land-use conversion from Masson pine forests to tea plantations on net ecosystem carbon and greenhouse gas budgets33
Growing and non-growing season nitrous oxide emissions from a manured semiarid cropland soil under irrigation33
Rice intercropping with water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea Lour.) can facilitate soil N utilization and alleviate apparent N loss33
Effect of cover cropping on soil organic matter characteristics: Insights from a five-year field experiment in Nebraska33
Optimal nitrogen management increased topsoil organic carbon stock and maintained whole soil inorganic carbon stock to increase soil carbon stock—A 15-year field evidence33
Pinus radiata as a dendro-remediation species against nitrate leaching in the New Zealand primary industrial areas: Current snapshot and prospects32
Historical and future dynamics of cropland soil organic carbon stocks in an intensive human-impacted area of southeastern China32
Direct and indirect effects of agricultural expansion and landscape fragmentation processes on natural habitats32
Biochar and vermicompost improve the soil properties and the yield and quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in plastic shed soil continuously cropped for different years32
Legume-based crop diversification with optimal nitrogen fertilization benefits subsequent wheat yield and soil quality32
Climate and geochemistry interactions at different altitudes influence soil organic carbon turnover times in alpine grasslands32
Diversification of an integrated crop-livestock system: Agroecological and food production assessment at farm scale32
Rodent fertility in commercial orchards in relation to body mass and body condition32
Enhancing the ecological services of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau’s grasslands through sustainable restoration and management in era of global change32
Nutrient and sediment retention by riparian vegetated buffer strips: Impacts of buffer length, vegetation type, and season32
Replacing urea-N with Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) mitigates CH4 and N2O emissions in rice paddy32
Identification of a resource-efficient integrated crop management practice for the rice-wheat rotations in south Asian Indo-Gangetic Plains32
Highly diverse flower strips promote natural enemies more in annual field crops: A review and meta-analysis32
Soil carbon stocks and water stable aggregates under annual and perennial biofuel crops in central Ohio31
Different grazers and grazing practices alter the growth, soil properties, and rhizosphere soil bacterial communities of Medicago ruthenica in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau grassland31
Effects of landscape structure on abundance and family richness of hymenopteran parasitoids in the olive agroecosystem31
Soil physical properties in a natural highland grassland in southern Brazil subjected to a range of grazing heights31
Grazing exclusion-induced alterations of soil microbial biogeographic pattern and co-occurrence network across a Tibetan elevation gradient31
Beneficial ‘inefficiencies’ of western ranching: Flood-irrigated hay production sustains wetland systems by mimicking historic hydrologic processes31
Managed and wild bees contribute to alfalfa (Medicago sativa) pollination30
Patterns and determinants of nitrification and denitrification potentials across 24 rice paddy soils in subtropical China30
Pollination increases white and narrow-leaved lupin protein yields but not all crop visitors contribute to pollination30
Enhanced mitigation of N2O and NO emissions through co-application of biochar with nitrapyrin in an intensive tropical vegetable field30
The response of grassland productivity to atmospheric nitrogen deposition in northern China30
Dominance of honey bees is negatively associated with wild bee diversity in commercial apple orchards regardless of management practices30
Deficit irrigation and organic amendments can reduce dietary arsenic risk from rice: Introducing machine learning-based prediction models from field data30
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Ecosystem-scale crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) gas exchange of a sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation30
Rubber leaf fall phenomenon linked to increased temperature30
Soil organic C and N dynamics as affected by 31 years cropping systems and fertilization in highland agroecosystems30
Soil methane uptake is tightly linked to carbon dioxide emission in global upland ecosystems30
Vegetation cover and food availability shapes the foraging activity of rodent pests in and around maize fields30
Long-term effects of biochar on trace metals accumulation in rice grain: A 7-year field experiment29
Diverse agricultural landscapes increase bat activity and diversity: Implications for biological pest control29
The global effects of grazing on grassland soil nitrogen retention29
Intensive agriculture influences functional diversity, redundancy and trait profile of bee community and interacting plant community in a tropical agricultural landscape29
Transformation of the agricultural landscape and its influence on small terrestrial mammal communities in South Moravia (Czech Republic, Central Europe)29
Prospects for improving productivity and composition of mixed swards in semi-arid environments by separating species in drill rows – A review29
Large-scale fence modifications increase nest survival in sage-grouse29
What follows fallow? Assessing revegetation patterns on abandoned sugarcane land in Hawaiʻi29
Landscape-wide floral resource deficit enhances the importance of diverse wildflower plantings for pollinators in farmlands29
Classification of agricultural land management systems for global modeling of biodiversity and ecosystem services29
High losses of farmland birds and potential biocontrol along an urbanization gradient in a tropical megacity29
The efficacy of reductive soil disinfestations on disease control is highly dependent on the microbiomes they reconstructed29
Spatial dynamic and spillover of the polyphagous pest Bemisia tabaci is influenced by differences in farmland habitats on tropical organic farms29
The impact of climate and potassium nutrition on crop yields: Insights from a 30-year Swiss long-term fertilization experiment29
Phosphorus leaching in high-P soils under maize silage and interseeding cover crop system28
Combining reduced tillage and green manures minimized N2O emissions from organic cropping systems in a cool humid climate28
Global effects of livestock grazing on ecosystem functions vary with grazing management and environment28
Balanced phosphorus fertilization enhances soil bacterial network complexity to maintain multifunctionality and plant production in dryland agricultural systems28
Evaluating conservation tools in intensively-used farmland: Higher bird and mammal diversity in seed-rich strips during winter28
Effect of landscape composition on the invasive pest Halyomorpha halys in fruit orchards28
Organic manure rather than phosphorus fertilization primarily determined asymbiotic nitrogen fixation rate and the stability of diazotrophic community in an upland red soil28
Re-established grasslands on farmland promote pollinators more than predators28
Wild bees benefit from low urbanization levels and suffer from pesticides in a tropical megacity28
Exploring the influence of cover crops with native plant species on soil and berry microbiota in a Moscatel Galego vineyard: Implications for sustainable viticulture28
Solutes in runoff under simulated rainfall on fertilised sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) beds: Measurements and results28
Effect of fertilizer management on the soil bacterial community in agroecosystems across the globe28
The Mesoamerican milpa agroecosystem fosters greater arthropod diversity compared to monocultures28
Cover crop-mediated soil carbon storage and soil health in semi-arid irrigated cropping systems27
Effects of the combined application of livestock manure and plant residues on soil organic carbon sequestration in the southern Loess Plateau of China27
Enhancing soil multifunctionality through restoring erosion environment and microbial functions combined with organic manure and straw mulching27
Grazing legacy mediates the diverse responses of grassland multidimensional stability to resource enrichment27
Impact of land use type and organic farming on the abundance, diversity, community composition and functional properties of soil nematode communities in vegetable farming27
Nitrogen and phosphorus supply controls stability of soil organic carbon in alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau27
Role of floral strips and semi-natural habitats as enhancers of wild bee functional diversity in intensive agricultural landscapes27
Promoting enhanced ecosystem services from cover crops using intra- and interspecific diversity27
Interactive effects of warming and managements on carbon fluxes in grasslands: A global meta-analysis27
Grazing alters vegetation phenology by regulating regional environmental factors on the Tibetan Plateau27
Rice–fish coculture system enhances paddy soil fertility, bacterial network stability and keystone taxa diversity27
Wild bee responses to cropland landscape complexity are temporally-variable and taxon-specific: Evidence from a highly replicated pseudo-experiment27
Fallow fields and hedgerows mediate enhanced arthropod predation and reduced herbivory on small scale intercropped maize farms – δ13C and δ15N stable isotope evidence27
Are field crops refuge for woody invaders? Rainfall, crop type and management shaped tree invasion in croplands26
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The effects of crop residues and air temperature on variations in interannual ecosystem respiration in a wheat-maize crop rotation in China26
Corrigendum to: “Developing climate-smart agricultural systems in the North China Plain” [Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 291 (2020) 10679]26
Plant and microbial communities follow fast-to-slow strategies in response to grazing in an arid rangeland26
Nocturnal pollination is equally important as, and complementary to, diurnal pollination for strawberry fruit production26
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A synthesis of the effect of regenerative agriculture on soil carbon sequestration in Southeast Asian croplands26
Pesticide use in vineyards is affected by semi-natural habitats and organic farming share in the landscape26
A tradeoff between denitrification and nitrate leaching into the subsoil in nitrate-rich vegetable soils treated by reductive soil disinfestation26
Rice-crayfish farming increases soil organic carbon sequestration by promoting aggregate protection and microbial necromass accumulation26
Plastic film mulching regime altered fungal, but not bacterial community structure at the regional scale26
Response of N2O emissions to N fertilizer reduction combined with biochar application in a rain-fed winter wheat ecosystem26
Reduced plant water use can explain higher soil moisture in organic compared to conventional farming systems26
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Nesting material, phenology and landscape complexity influence nesting success and parasite infestation of a trap nesting bee26
Participation of urea-N absorbed on biochar granules among soil and tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacumL.) and its potential environmental impact26
The curse of the past – What can tile drain effluent tell us about arable field management?26
Coastal macroalgae aquaculture reduces carbon dioxide emission in a subtropical enclosed bay: Insights from eddy covariance measurements26
Landscape composition mediates suppression of major pests by natural enemies in conventional cruciferous vegetables25
Protective nets reduce pollen flow in blueberry orchards25
Assessing irrigated water utilization to optimize irrigation schedule in the oasis-desert ecotone of Hexi Corridor of China25
Partitioning and controlling factors of evapotranspiration: 2. Dynamics and controls of ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration at multiple timescales in agroforestry system25
Organic farming is more related to topography than to soil characteristics in extensively and intensively managed grasslands in Switzerland25
Intercrops as foraging habitats for bees: Bees do not prefer sole legume crops over legume-cereal mixtures25
Targeting yield and reducing nitrous oxide emission by use of single and double inhibitor treated urea during winter wheat season in Northern Germany25
Effects of crop type and production method on arable biodiversity in boreal farmland25
Fostering pollination through agroforestry: A global review25
Ecosystem services in mountain pastures: A complex network of site conditions, climate and management25
The implementation of irrigation leads to declines in farmland birds25
Benefits of wildflower areas as overwintering habitats for ground-dwelling arthropods depend on landscape structural complexity25
Cover crops enhance resource availability for soil microorganisms in a pecan orchard25
Are rice fields less diverse and more invaded by non-native species than less impacted habitats? A test with wetland microcrustaceans25
The effectiveness of soil erosion measures for cropland in the Austrian Agri-environmental Programme: A national approach using local data24
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