Agricultural intensification and the collapse of Europe's farmland bird populations

By P. Donald, Rhys E. Green, M. Heath. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2001

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Impact of grassland farming intensification on the breeding ecology of an indicator insectivorous passerine, the Whinchat Saxicola rubetra: Lessons for overall Alpine meadowland management (2006, background): “The populations of many farmland birds have declined severely across Western Europe over the past decades (Fuller et al., 1995; Siriwardena et al., 1998; Donald et al., 2001 ).”
Long-term trends of heron and egret populations in Italy, and the effects of climate, human-induced mortality, and habitat on population dynamics (2009, background): “…habitat modification, hunting) have been directly or indirectly related to population trends, often becoming an issue of conservation concern (e.g., McCulloch et al. 1992; Tucker and Heath 1994; review in Newton 1998; Donald et al. 2001; Stenseth et al. 2002; Gaston et al. 2003; Duhem et al. 2008).”
Flight distance and population trends in European breeding birds (2008, background): “Previous studies have indicated that agricultural habitats (Fuller et al. 1995; Chamberlain et al. 2000; Donald et al. 2001; Green et al. 2005), habitat loss and fragmentation (Fahrig 2003; Berthold and Fiedler 2005), migration (Hjort and Lindholm 1978; Baillie and Peach 1992; Bauer and Heine 1992; ”
Mitigating the effects of insecticides on arthropod biological control at field and landscape scales (2014, background): “…has increased net primary production from farmland for the human population, but this has had negative effects on biodiversity including birds (Donald et al., 2001), butterflies (Flick et al., 2012), bees (Kremen et al., 2002), and insect biological control agents (Thies and Tscharntke, 1999).”
Roles of Raptors in a Changing World: From Flagships to Providers of Key Ecosystem Services (2016, background): “In contrast, forest birds have been relatively well conserved, due to the widespread tendency of land abandonment in marginal areas (Donald et al., 2001; Gregory et al., 2007; BirdLife International, 2013; Reif, 2013).”
Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa. (2009, background): “Declines in species diversity due to agricultural intensification have been documented for birds (Donald et al. 2001), mammals (Sotherton 1998), insects (Benton et al. 2002), and plants (Aebischer 1991) at national and landscape scales.”
Key conservation issues for migratory land- and waterbird species on the world's major flyways (2008, background): “In Europe, the decline in birds breeding on farmland from about 1970 onwards is well documented and largely attributable to agricultural intensification on that continent (e.g. Pain and Pienkowski 1997, Donald et al. 2001).”
The decline of Afro-Palaearctic migrants and an assessment of potential causes (2014, neutral): “…include the homogenization of the agricultural landscape, the intensification of crop management (e.g. changes in fertilizer, pesticide, grazing and cutting/harvesting regimes) and the loss of marginal, natural or semi-natural habitats (e.g. Donald et al. 2001, Benton et al. 2003, Newton 2004b).”
Effects of agricultural change on abundance, fitness components and distribution of two arctic‐nesting goose populations (2005, methodology): “Modern agricultural development is thus equated with reductions in avian abundance and distribution, which continues through improvements to cultivation methods (e.g., Donald et al., 2001).”
Abundance and Species Richness of Nocturnal Insects on Organic and Conventional Farms: Effects of Agricultural Intensification on Bat Foraging (2004, background): “Agricultural intensification is defined as increased production of agricultural commodities per unit area (Donald et al. 2001) through increased mechanization and use of synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides.”
A review of the direct and indirect effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on vertebrate wildlife (2014, background): “…and North America, dramatic and widespread declines have been observed in populations of birds associated with farmland and wetland habitats (Beauchamp et al. 1996; Donald et al. 2001; Benton et al. 2002; Boatman et al. 2004), with arthropod abundance showing similar trends (Benton et al. 2002).”
The effect of sward height and drainage on Common Starlings Sturnus vulgaris and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus foraging in grassland habitats (2004, neutral): “In common with many other species of birds that breed and forage on farmland, Starling and Lapwing populations are declining in the UK (Gregory et al . 2002) and across much of northern Europe (Schifferli 2000, Donald et al . 2001 ).”
Biotope Use and Trends of European Butterflies (2006, background): “For example, eastern European countries have already started to suffer from serious agricultural intensification (e.g., Donald et al. 2001; Konvicka et al. 2006) and the problem may be exacerbated further now that their markets are becoming more open.”
Community richness and stability in agricultural landscapes: The importance of surrounding habitats (2007, background): “Most of these studies have concluded that farmland species are in trouble (Donald et al., 2001).”
Biodiversity and extinction (2007, neutral): “Indeed, across Europe declines are more marked in those regions where such activities are most intense, and less so elsewhere (eg, Donald et al., 2001).”