Search Results - "Thies, Carsten"

Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses by Tscharntke, Teja, Tylianakis, Jason M, Rand, Tatyana A, Didham, Raphael K, Fahrig, Lenore, Batary, Peter, Bengtsson, Janne, Clough, Yann, Crist, Thomas O, Dormann, Carsten F, Ewers, Robert M, Frund, Jochen, Holt, Robert D, Holzschuh, Andrea, Kleijn, Alexandra M

“…Understanding how landscape characteristics affect biodiversity patterns and ecological processes at local and landscape scales is critical for mitigating…”
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Agricultural landscape simplification reduces natural pest control: A quantitative synthesis by Rusch, Adrien, Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Gardiner, Mary M., Hawro, Violetta, Holland, John, Landis, Douglas, Thies, Carsten, Tscharntke, Teja, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Winqvist, Camilla, Woltz, Megan, Bommarco, Riccardo

“…•This is the first quantitative synthesis of the effect of landscape simplification on biological pest control.•We found a consistent negative effect of…”
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The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis by Albrecht, Matthias, Kleijn, David, Williams, Neal M., Tschumi, Matthias, Blaauw, Brett R., Bommarco, Riccardo, Campbell, Alistair J., Dainese, Matteo, Drummond, Francis A., Entling, Martin H., Ganser, Dominik, Arjen de Groot, G., Goulson, Dave, Grab, Heather, Hamilton, Hannah, Herzog, Felix, Isaacs, Rufus, Jacot, Katja, Jeanneret, Philippe, Jonsson, Mattias, Knop, Eva, Kremen, Claire, Landis, Douglas A., Loeb, Gregory M., Marini, Lorenzo, McKerchar, Megan, Morandin, Lora, Pfister, Sonja C., Potts, Simon G., Rundlöf, Maj, Sardiñas, Hillary, Sciligo, Amber, Thies, Carsten, Tscharntke, Teja, Venturini, Eric, Veromann, Eve, Vollhardt, Ines M.G., Wäckers, Felix, Ward, Kimiora, Wilby, Andrew, Woltz, Megan, Wratten, Steve, Sutter, Louis, Irwin, Rebecca

“…Floral plantings are promoted to foster ecological intensification of agriculture through provisioning of ecosystem services. However, a comprehensive…”
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Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity - ecosystem service management by Tscharntke, Teja, Klein, Alexandra M., Kruess, Andreas, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Thies, Carsten

“…Understanding the negative and positive effects of agricultural land use for the conservation of biodiversity, and its relation to ecosystem services, needs a…”
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Contrasting responses of arable spiders to the landscape matrix at different spatial scales by Schmidt, Martin H., Thies, Carsten, Nentwig, Wolfgang, Tscharntke, Teja

“…Animal communities can be influenced by the composition of the surrounding landscape through immigration. Depending on habitat preferences, however, the effect…”
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landscape context of cereal aphid-parasitoid interactions by Thies, C, Roschewitz, I, Tscharntke, T

“…Analyses at multiple spatial scales may show how important ecosystem services such as biological control are determined by processes acting on the landscape…”
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effects of landscape complexity on arable weed species diversity in organic and conventional farming by Roschewitz, I, Gabriel, D, Tscharntke, T, Thies, C

“…1. There is growing concern about declining species diversity in agro-ecosystems caused by agricultural intensification at the field and landscape scales…”
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Beta diversity at different spatial scales: plant communities in organic and conventional agriculture by Gabriel, Doreen, Roschewitz, Indra, Tscharntke, Teja, Thies, Carsten

“…Biodiversity studies that guide agricultural subsidy policy have generally compared farming systems at a single spatial scale: the field. However, diversity…”
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Agricultural intensification and biodiversity partitioning in European landscapes comparing plants, carabids, and birds by Flohre, Andreas, Fischer, Christina, Aavik, Tsipe, Bengtsson, Jan, Berendse, Frank, Bommarco, Riccardo, Ceryngier, Piotr, Clement, Lars W, Dennis, Christopher, Eggers, Söönke, Emmerson, Mark, Geiger, Flavia, Guerrero, Irene, Hawro, Violetta, Inchausti, Pablo, Liira, Jaan, Morales, Manuel B, Oñate, Juan J, Päärt, Tomas, Weisser, Wolfgang W, Winqvist, Camilla, Thies, Carsten, Tscharntke, Teja

“…Effects of agricultural intensification (AI) on biodiversity are often assessed on the plot scale, although processes determining diversity also operate on…”
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Landscape structure and biological control in agroecosystems by Thies, C, Tscharntke, T

“…Biological pest control has primarily relied on local improvements in populations of natural enemies, but landscape structure may also be important. This is…”
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The relationship between agricultural intensification and biological control: experimental tests across Europe by Thies, Carsten, Haenke, Sebastian, Scherber, Christoph, Bengtsson, Janne, Bommarco, Riccardo, Clement, Lars W, Ceryngier, Piotr, Dennis, Christopher, Emmerson, Mark, Gagic, Vesna, Hawro, Violetta, Liira, Jaan, Weisser, Wolfgang W, Winqvist, Camilla, Tscharntke, Teja

“…Agricultural intensification can affect biodiversity and related ecosystem services such as biological control, but large-scale experimental evidence is…”
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Differential effects of landscape and management on diversity and density of ground-dwelling farmland spiders by Schmidt, M.H, Roschewitz, I, Thies, C, Tscharntke, T

“…1. The distribution and abundance of animals are influenced by factors at both local and wider landscape scales. Natural enemies of pests in arable fields…”
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Relative importance of predators and parasitoids for cereal aphid control by Schmidt, Martin H., Lauer, Andreas, Purtauf, Tobias, Thies, Carsten, Schaefer, Matthias, Tscharntke, Teja

“…Field experiments with manipulations of natural enemies of plant–feeding insects may show how a diverse enemy group ensures an important ecosystem function…”
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Increased Forest Soil CO2 and N2O Emissions During Insect Infestation by Maren Marine Grüning, Franziska Germeshausen, Carsten Thies, Anne l.-M.-Arnold

“…Forest soils are major sinks of terrestrial carbon, but this function may be threatened by mass outbreak events of forest pests. Here, we measured soil CO2-C…”
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Characteristics of insect populations on habitat fragments: A mini review by Tscharntke, Teja, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, Kruess, Andreas, Thies, Carsten

“…Modern human‐dominated landscapes are typically characterized by intensive land‐use and high levels of habitat destruction, often resulting in sharply…”
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Forest defoliator pests alter carbon and nitrogen cycles by l-M-Arnold, Anne, Grüning, Maren, Simon, Judy, Reinhardt, Annett-Barbara, Lamersdorf, Norbert, Thies, Carsten

“…Climate change may foster pest epidemics in forests, and thereby the fluxes of elements that are indicators of ecosystem functioning. We examined compounds of…”
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Landscape composition influences farm management effects on farmland birds in winter: A pan-European approach by Geiger, Flavia, de Snoo, Geert R., Berendse, Frank, Guerrero, Irene, Morales, Manuel B., Oñate, Juan J., Eggers, Sönke, Pärt, Tomas, Bommarco, Riccardo, Bengtsson, Jan, Clement, Lars W., Weisser, Wolfgang W., Olszewski, Adam, Ceryngier, Piotr, Hawro, Violetta, Inchausti, Pablo, Fischer, Christina, Flohre, Andreas, Thies, Carsten, Tscharntke, Teja

“…▶ Agricultural intensity negatively affects the abundance and species richness of wintering farmland birds. ▶ Organic farming has positive effects on farmland…”
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Diversity of cereal aphid parasitoids in simple and complex landscapes by Vollhardt, Ines M.G., Tscharntke, Teja, Wäckers, Felix L., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Thies, Carsten

“…Structurally complex landscapes may enhance local species richness and interactions, which is possibly due to a higher species pool in complex landscapes. This…”
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Spatial aggregation facilitates coexistence and diversity of wild plant species in field margins by Wassmuth, Birte Eleen, Stoll, Peter, Tscharntke, Teja, Thies, Carsten

“…European agri-environment schemes encourage farmers to establish sown field margin strips to protect and enhance wild plant diversity. However, plant diversity…”
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Spatial distribution of flower vs. honeydew resources in cereal fields may affect aphid parasitism by Vollhardt, Ines M.G., Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Wäckers, Felix L., Thies, Carsten, Tscharntke, Teja

“…The potential impact of nectar availability for biological pest control is of increasing relevance due to the disappearance of non-crop plants in intensified…”
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