From Fields to Microclimate: Assessing the Influence of Agricultural Landscape Structure on Vegetation Cover and Local Climate in Central Europe DOI Creative Commons
Jan Kuntzman, Jakub Brom

Remote Sensing, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(1), P. 6 - 6

Published: Dec. 24, 2024

Agricultural intensification through simplification and specialization has homogenized diverse landscapes, reducing their heterogeneity complexity. While the negative impact of large, simplified fields on biodiversity been well-documented, role landscape structure in mitigating climatic extremes stabilizing climate is becoming increasingly important. Despite considerable knowledge cover types, understanding how influences characteristics remains limited. To explore this further, we studied an area along Czech–Austrian border, where socio-political factors have created stark contrasts structure, despite a similar topography. Using Land Parcel Information System (LPIS) data, analyzed both sides processed eight Landsat 8 9 OLI/TIRS scenes from 2022 vegetation season to calculate spectral indices (NDVI, NDMI) microclimatic features (surface temperature, albedo, energy fluxes). Our findings revealed significant differences between two regions. Czech fields, with larger, simpler lower edge density, can amplify local extremes. In contrast, distribution values Austrian side was more even, likely due greater diversity cultivated crops, spatially landscape, balanced spread agricultural activities over time. light change conservation, these results emphasize need protect restore complexity enhance resilience environmental stability.

Language: Английский

Predictors of farmland bird species richness in intensively used agricultural landscapes: habitat heterogeneity, crop type, and food supply matter DOI Creative Commons
Adriana Hološková, Jan Hanzelka, Jan Grünwald

et al.

Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(3)

Published: March 14, 2025

Language: Английский

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How Do Bird Population Trends Relate to Human Pressures Compared to Economic Growth? DOI Open Access

L.F. Baptista,

Tiago Domingos, João Santos

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(8), P. 3506 - 3506

Published: April 14, 2025

Biodiversity loss is a global environmental concern, mainly driven by human-induced factors, encompassing both direct and indirect drivers. This study investigates the long-term relationship between either Human Footprint Index (HFI), which measures extent of human pressures (i.e., drivers), or Gross Domestic Product (GDP), measure economic growth driver) biodiversity change, using bird population trends as indicators. The analysis was based on time-series data for Portugal (2004–2023) aggregated at national sub-national scales, representative different socio-economic contexts. Multi-species indices were regressed against HFI GDP Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) to identify long-run relationships. Bird varied species group (common, agricultural, forest birds) context underscoring importance assessments. had varying predictive value across groups contexts, with showing greater consistency, particularly predictor agricultural birds. While most models showed negative association abundance GDP, revealing signal populations some suggested mixed results, indicating that conservation policies must take local contexts into account.

Language: Английский

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Farmland bird decline is associated with a strong population limitation of open-habitat species DOI Creative Commons
Jiří Reif, Tomáš Telenský, Petr Klvaňa

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Basic and Applied Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Using the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy to improve the habitat for farmland birds in landscapes with excessively large arable fields: Buffer strips in Slovakia DOI
Adriana Hološková,

Jozef Ridzoň,

Jiří Reif

et al.

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 381, P. 109461 - 109461

Published: Dec. 31, 2024

Language: Английский

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The Road to 2030: Evaluating Europe’s Progress on Sustainable Ecosystem Protection and Restoration DOI Creative Commons
Daniela Firoiu, George H. Ionescu,

Cerasela Pîrvu

et al.

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(12), P. 1974 - 1974

Published: Nov. 21, 2024

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development emphasizes the interconnectedness of its economic, social, and environmental dimensions, recognizing their essential role in promoting human well-being. This study provides an in-depth analysis EU Member States’ progress towards Goal (SDG) 15—Life on Land—as outlined Agenda. Using official data from Eurostat, this applies AAA (Holt–Winters) exponential smoothing algorithm to analyze trends key indicators 2011 2021 project these 2030. results reveal notable first years since adoption but also highlights drought soil erosion as escalating risks, particularly Mediterranean regions areas intensive agriculture (Spain, Cyprus, Greece). Water quality emerges a critical concern, and, alongside ongoing rise sealing, presents added threat ecological stability, agricultural productivity, overall

Language: Английский

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From Fields to Microclimate: Assessing the Influence of Agricultural Landscape Structure on Vegetation Cover and Local Climate in Central Europe DOI Creative Commons
Jan Kuntzman, Jakub Brom

Remote Sensing, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(1), P. 6 - 6

Published: Dec. 24, 2024

Agricultural intensification through simplification and specialization has homogenized diverse landscapes, reducing their heterogeneity complexity. While the negative impact of large, simplified fields on biodiversity been well-documented, role landscape structure in mitigating climatic extremes stabilizing climate is becoming increasingly important. Despite considerable knowledge cover types, understanding how influences characteristics remains limited. To explore this further, we studied an area along Czech–Austrian border, where socio-political factors have created stark contrasts structure, despite a similar topography. Using Land Parcel Information System (LPIS) data, analyzed both sides processed eight Landsat 8 9 OLI/TIRS scenes from 2022 vegetation season to calculate spectral indices (NDVI, NDMI) microclimatic features (surface temperature, albedo, energy fluxes). Our findings revealed significant differences between two regions. Czech fields, with larger, simpler lower edge density, can amplify local extremes. In contrast, distribution values Austrian side was more even, likely due greater diversity cultivated crops, spatially landscape, balanced spread agricultural activities over time. light change conservation, these results emphasize need protect restore complexity enhance resilience environmental stability.

Language: Английский

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