Post‐war changes in arable farming and biodiversity in Great Britain

By R. A. Robinson, W. J. Sutherland. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Comparing the efficacy of agri‐environment schemes to enhance bumble bee abundance and diversity on arable field margins (2006, background): “The intensification of agriculture in western Europe over recent decades has led to declines in the populations of many wild plant and animal species formerly characteristic of farmland (Robinson & Sutherland 2002).”
Providing foraging resources for bumblebees in intensively farmed landscapes (2005, background): “The impoverished flora of arable land now typically comprises a small number of species which can tolerate modern, intensive farming practices, including autumn sowing, the frequent use of selective herbicides, high rates of fertiliser application and efficient seed cleaning (Robinson and Sutherland”
Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland (2010, background): “In recent decades, however, agricultural intensification has unquestionably contributed to the impoverishment of European farmland biodiversity (Donald, Green, & Heath, 2001; Krebs, Wilson, Bradbury, & Siriwardena, 1999; Robinson & Sutherland, 2002; Stoate et al., 2001).”
Ecological Predictors of Extinction Risk in the Flora of Lowland England, UK (2006, background): “decline (relative to grassland) from 1870 to 1940 due to cheap imports of grain from North America (Robinson and Sutherland 2002).”
How effective are European agri‐environment schemes in conserving and promoting biodiversity? (2003, background): “2002; Robinson & Sutherland 2002) and this is likely to continue (Tilman et al .”
Demographic mechanisms of the population decline of the song thrush Turdus philomelos in Britain (2004, result): “This would be consistent with the generally deleterious impact of agricultural change on much of the UK landscape (Chamberlain et al. 2000; Robinson & Sutherland 2002), being exacerbated by periods of environmental stress.”
Modelling the impact of agricultural abandonment and wildfires on vertebrate diversity in Mediterranean Europe (2007, background): “Donald et al. 2001; Robinson and Sutherland 2002 ).”
Intensification of agriculture, landscape composition and wild bee communities: a large scale study in four European countries. (2010, background): “Agricultural intensification in Europe during the second half of the 20th century was associated with drastic changes in agricultural landscapes and the widespread decline of farmland biodiversity (Robinson and Sutherland, 2002).”
Effects of ecological compensation meadows on arthropod diversity in adjacent intensively managed grassland (2010, background): “Introduction Agricultural intensification and the concomitant fragmentation of semi-natural habitats have been widely recognized as a serious threat to biodiversity (Robinson and Sutherland, 2002; Benton et al., 2002).”
Do linear landscape elements in farmland act as biological corridors for pollen dispersal? (2010, background): “…of agricultural practices have led to a decline in biodiversity in Western Europe and throughout the rest of the world and to habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation as consequences for both plant and animal species (Stoate et al. 2001; Robinson & Sutherland 2002; Foley et al. 2005).”
The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK (2006, background): “Journal compilation © 2006 British Ecological Society, Journal of Applied Ecology , 43 , 617–627 environment (Robinson & Sutherland 2002), and seminatural habitats in the UK have been lost to agriculture at an unprecedented rate.”
Weed-insect pollinator networks as bio-indicators of ecological sustainability in agriculture. A review (2016, background): “Application of pesticides and inorganic fertilizers have considerably increased during the last few decades (Robinson and Sutherland 2002; Baessler and Klotz 2006) and cause significant modifications and decreases in the diversity of weed communities (Sutcliffe and Kay 2000; Hyvönen and Salonen…”
Rapid recovery of a depleted population of Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax following provision of alfalfa through an agri-environment scheme (2011, background): “Over the last 50 years, however, farmlands of western European countries have experienced dramatic changes, mainly through the intensification of farming techniques (Fuller et al. 1995, Siriwardena et al. 2000, Robinson & Sutherland 2002).”