Search Results - "Clough, Yann"
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Bats and birds increase crop yield in tropical agroforestry landscapes
Published in Ecology letters (01-12-2013)“…Human welfare is significantly linked to ecosystem services such as the suppression of pest insects by birds and bats. However, effects of biocontrol services…”
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Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification
Published in Biological conservation (01-07-2012)“…► The land sparing vs sharing dichotomy fails to account for real-world complexity. ► Small-, but not large-scale farming is the backbone of food security for…”
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Bee pollination improves crop quality, shelf life and commercial value
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (22-01-2014)“…Pollination improves the yield of most crop species and contributes to one-third of global crop production, but comprehensive benefits including crop quality…”
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How adaptable is the hydraulic system of European beech in the face of climate change‐related precipitation reduction?
Published in The New phytologist (01-04-2016)“…Climate warming will increase the drought exposure of many forests world‐wide. It is not well understood how trees adapt their hydraulic architecture to a…”
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Landscape configurational heterogeneity by small-scale agriculture, not crop diversity, maintains pollinators and plant reproduction in western Europe
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (14-02-2018)“…Agricultural intensification is one of the main causes for the current biodiversity crisis. While reversing habitat loss on agricultural land is challenging,…”
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Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-08-2012)“…Understanding how landscape characteristics affect biodiversity patterns and ecological processes at local and landscape scales is critical for mitigating…”
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Multifunctional shade-tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes — a review
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-06-2011)“…1. Agricultural intensification reduces ecological resilience of land-use systems, whereas paradoxically, environmental change and climate extremes require a…”
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Interaction complexity matters: disentangling services and disservices of ant communities driving yield in tropical agroecosystems
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (22-01-2014)“…Owing to complex direct and indirect effects, impacts of higher trophic levels on plants is poorly understood. In tropical agroecosystems, ants interact with…”
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Land-use choices follow profitability at the expense of ecological functions in Indonesian smallholder landscapes
Published in Nature communications (11-10-2016)“…Smallholder-dominated agricultural mosaic landscapes are highlighted as model production systems that deliver both economic and ecological goods in tropical…”
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Direct and cascading impacts of tropical land-use change on multi-trophic biodiversity
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-10-2017)“…The conversion of tropical rainforest to agricultural systems such as oil palm alters biodiversity across a large range of interacting taxa and trophic levels…”
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Conserving Biodiversity Through Certification of Tropical Agroforestry Crops at Local and Landscape Scales
Published in Conservation letters (01-01-2015)“…Voluntary sustainability standards and certification offer a promising mechanism to mitigate the severe negative impacts of agricultural expansion and…”
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Combining high biodiversity with high yields in tropical agroforests
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (17-05-2011)“…Local and landscape-scale agricultural intensification is a major driver of global biodiversity loss. Controversially discussed solutions include…”
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Soil carbon insures arable crop production against increasing adverse weather due to climate change
Published in Environmental research letters (01-12-2020)“…Intensification of arable crop production degrades soil health and production potential through loss of soil organic carbon. This, potentially, reduces…”
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Plant Size as Determinant of Species Richness of Herbivores, Natural Enemies and Pollinators across 21 Brassicaceae Species
Published in PloS one (20-08-2015)“…Large plants are often more conspicuous and more attractive for associated animals than small plants, e.g. due to their wider range of resources. Therefore,…”
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Biological control in Indonesian oil palm potentially enhanced by landscape context
Published in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment (16-09-2016)“…Ants and Orthoptera are potentially the most common predators of caterpillar pests in Indonesian oil palm plantations.Predation rates were 70% higher in…”
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Interactive effects of landscape context constrain the effectiveness of local agri-environmental management
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-06-2012)“…1. Ecological theory predicts that the effectiveness of local agri-environmental management to enhance species richness at field scales will be the highest at…”
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Conserving Southeast Asian forest biodiversity in human-modified landscapes
Published in Biological conservation (01-10-2010)“…Southeast Asia experiences one of the highest rates of deforestation in the tropics due to agricultural expansion, logging, habitat fragmentation and…”
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Bird Responses to Lowland Rainforest Conversion in Sumatran Smallholder Landscapes, Indonesia
Published in PloS one (25-05-2016)“…Rapid land-use change in the tropics causes dramatic losses in biodiversity and associated functions. In Sumatra, Indonesia, lowland rainforest has mainly been…”
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Density of insect‐pollinated grassland plants decreases with increasing surrounding land‐use intensity
Published in Ecology letters (01-09-2014)“…Pollinator declines have raised concerns about the persistence of plant species that depend on insect pollination, in particular by bees, for their…”
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Experimental Biodiversity Enrichment in Oil-Palm-Dominated Landscapes in Indonesia
Published in Frontiers in plant science (17-10-2016)“…Tropical biodiversity is threatened by the expansion of oil-palm plantations. Reduced-impact farming systems such as agroforests, have been proposed to…”
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