Search Results - "Berg, Åke"

Quantifying effects of wetland restorations on bird communities in agricultural landscapes by Kačergytė, Ineta, Pärt, Tomas, Berg, Åke, Arlt, Debora, Żmihorski, Michał, Knape, Jonas

“…Restoring wetlands to improve habitats for birds has become an important conservation tool as many wetlands have deteriorated and wetland bird populations…”
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Evaluating created wetlands for bird diversity and reproductive success by Kačergytė, Ineta, Arlt, Debora, Berg, Åke, Żmihorski, Michał, Knape, Jonas, Rosin, Zuzanna M., Pärt, Tomas

“…Wetland creation is a common conservation practice to mitigate biodiversity loss, caused by global wetland destruction. Despite this, there is a lack of…”
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Power-line corridors as source habitat for butterflies in forest landscapes by Berg, Åke, Bergman, Karl-Olof, Wissman, Jörgen, Żmihorski, Michał, Öckinger, Erik

“…Modern intensified agriculture has decreased farmland heterogeneity, which has led to strong negative effects on farmland biodiversity. However, partly…”
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Sensitivity of binomial N‐mixture models to overdispersion: The importance of assessing model fit by Knape, Jonas, Arlt, Debora, Barraquand, Frédéric, Berg, Åke, Chevalier, Mathieu, Pärt, Tomas, Ruete, Alejandro, Żmihorski, Michał, Isaac, Nick

“…Binomial N‐mixture models are commonly applied to analyse population survey data. By estimating detection probabilities, N‐mixture models aim at extracting…”
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Effects of a coordinated farmland bird conservation project on farmers' intentions to implement nature conservation practices – Evidence from the Swedish Volunteer & Farmer Alliance by Josefsson, Jonas, Lokhorst, Anne Marike, Pärt, Tomas, Berg, Åke, Eggers, Sönke

“…To increase the efficacy of agri-environmental schemes (AES), as well as farmers' environmental engagement, practitioners are increasingly turning to…”
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Effects of water level and grassland management on alpha and beta diversity of birds in restored wetlands by Żmihorski, Michał, Pärt, Tomas, Gustafson, Tomas, Berg, Åke, Rohr, Jason

“…Nearly 60% of European wetlands have been lost to drainage or to the cessation of grassland management. Large amounts of resources are put into wetland…”
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Butterfly distribution and abundance is affected by variation in the Swedish forest-farmland landscape by Berg, Åke, Ahrné, Karin, Öckinger, Erik, Svensson, Roger, Söderström, Bo

“…► We evaluated the importance of four habitats for butterflies. ► Species composition differed in pastures, power-lines, road verges and clear-cuts. ► There…”
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Sensitivity of the farmland bird community to crop diversification in Sweden: does the CAP fit? by Josefsson, Jonas, Berg, Åke, Hiron, Matthew, Pärt, Tomas, Eggers, Sönke

“…1. Crop diversification has been introduced as an environmental strategy in the 'Greening' of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2015-2020. The…”
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Habitat characteristics associated with occupancy of declining waders in Polish wet grasslands by Żmihorski, Michał, Krupiński, Dominik, Kotowska, Dorota, Knape, Jonas, Pärt, Tomas, Obłoza, Przemysław, Berg, Åke

“…•Curlew, redshank, godwit, lapwing prefer moderately wet and flooded grasslands.•Waders avoid buildings, drainage canals and single trees.•Presence of corvids…”
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Evaluating conservation tools in Polish grasslands: The occurrence of birds in relation to agri-environment schemes and Natura 2000 areas by Żmihorski, Michał, Kotowska, Dorota, Berg, Åke, Pärt, Tomas

“…To halt the decline of biodiversity in European farmland, two major tools are available: the Natura 2000 network and agri-environment schemes (AES). We…”
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Forest clear-cuts as additional habitat for breeding farmland birds in crisis by Zmihorski, Michal, Berg, Åke, Pärt, Tomas

“…•We investigated diversity of farmland birds in 137 clear-cuts (W Poland).•We recorded 18 farmland bird species, including several declining species.•Alpha…”
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Landscape context and farm uptake limit effects of bird conservation in the Swedish Volunteer & Farmer Alliance by Josefsson, Jonas, Eggers, Sönke, Pärt, Tomas, Berg, Åke, Lokhorst, Anne Marike

“…1. In Europe, agri-environmental schemes (AES) have been unsuccessful in halting biodiversity declines to any great extent. Two shortcomings of AES include the…”
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Do skylarks prefer autumn sown cereals? Effects of agricultural land use, region and time in the breeding season on density by Hiron, Matthew, Berg, Åke, Pärt, Tomas

“…► Autumn sowing of crops is a proposed cause of European skylark population decline. ► We found that skylarks may prefer autumn sown cereal over other land…”
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Linking occurrence and changes in local abundance of farmland bird species to landscape composition and land-use changes by Berg, Åke, Wretenberg, Johan, Żmihorski, Michał, Hiron, Matthew, Pärt, Tomas

“…•The abundance of the 16 species included in this study decreased by 23% between 1994 and 2004.•Occurrence of species was affected by land-use and landscape…”
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Improving scientific rigour in conservation evaluations and a plea deal for transparency on potential biases by Josefsson, Jonas, Hiron, Matthew, Arlt, Debora, Auffret, Alistair G., Berg, Åke, Chevalier, Mathieu, Glimskär, Anders, Hartman, Göran, Kačergytė, Ineta, Klein, Julian, Knape, Jonas, Laugen, Ane T., Low, Matthew, Paquet, Matthieu, Pasanen‐Mortensen, Marianne, Rosin, Zuzanna M., Rubene, Diana, Żmihorski, Michał, Pärt, Tomas

“…The delivery of rigorous and unbiased evidence on the effects of interventions lay at the heart of the scientific method. Here we examine scientific papers…”
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Changes in local species richness of farmland birds in relation to land-use changes and landscape structure by Wretenberg, Johan, Pärt, Tomas, Berg, Åke

“…It has been suggested that an increase in the area of low-intensity land-use on arable land (e.g. set-aside fields and short-rotation coppice), and high or…”
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Cannot see the diversity for all the species: Evaluating inclusion criteria for local species lists when using abundant citizen science data by Ruete, Alejandro, Arlt, Debora, Berg, Åke, Knape, Jonas, Żmihorski, Michał, Pärt, Tomas

“…Abundant citizen science data on species occurrences are becoming increasingly available and enable identifying composition of communities occurring at…”
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Are farmsteads over-looked biodiversity hotspots in intensive agricultural ecosystems? by Hiron, Matthew, Berg, Åke, Eggers, Sönke, Pärt, Tomas

“…► Farmsteads are important biodiversity sources in agro-ecosystems. ► Farmsteads are widespread but their character is changing. ► Conservation aimed at…”
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Grass buffer strips benefit invertebrate and breeding skylark numbers in a heterogeneous agricultural landscape by Josefsson, Jonas, Berg, Åke, Hiron, Matthew, Pärt, Tomas, Eggers, Sönke

“…•We estimate effects of grass buffer strips on in-field biodiversity.•Buffer strip fields support more beetles and spiders compared to control fields.•Buffer…”
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Habitat selection and reproductive success of Ortolan Buntings Emberiza hortulana on farmland in central Sweden - the importance of habitat heterogeneity by BERG, Ake

“…Many granivorous birds have shown severe population declines in Europe during recent decades. The aim of the present study was to analyse habitat preferences…”
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