Every spring, hundreds of thousands of birds leave their winter habitat on Poyang, the largest freshwater lake in China, and fly north over the most densely populated region on Earth to reach their breeding grounds in Siberia. ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2024
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Farmland birds have a positive impact on woody crops but are more likely to negatively impact the yield of herbaceous crops, according to a study published in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Cheng Huang from Sun Yat-sen ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2023
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Most of the declining species are farmland birds, where a mix of increasingly industrialized agriculture, habitat loss and the climate crisis are having severe impacts.
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2023
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In the latest Journal of Applied Ecology, researchers from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) say a more strategic approach to wildlife-friendly farming schemes is required to recover England's farmland ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2023
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Ecological farmlands help protecting bird populations and reducing the effects of global change on the environment, according to a study published in the journal Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment by the experts Joan ...
Ecology
Mar 7, 2019
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Agriculture and conversion of pristine lands into urban or industrial areas have exerted immense pressure on natural biota due to habitat destruction and fragmentation in industrialized countries around the world. But since ...
Ecology
Aug 3, 2018
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Planting wild flowers at the edges of arable fields could significantly improve the habitat for farmland birds and contribute to their survival, a study has found.
Ecology
Apr 7, 2017
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(Phys.org) —Soil organisms, aquatic life and farmland birds may all be harmed by neonicotinoid insecticides, according to a new study by University of Sussex biologist Professor Dave Goulson.
Ecology
Jun 14, 2013
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A research programme exploring the effectiveness and value for money of agri-environment schemes found that a relatively small amount of training for farmers could significantly improve their environmental outcome.
Environment
Jul 12, 2012
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Weeds, which are widely deemed as a nuisance plant, are vital to the existence of many farmland species according to a new University of Hull study published in the journal Biological Conservation today.
Ecology
Sep 29, 2011
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