Reviewnpj biodiversity2024
Farming practices to enhance biodiversity across biomes: a systematic review.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Geographic, Taxonomic and Metric Gaps in Biodiversity Research Limit Evidence-Based Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes: An Umbrella Review.Ecology letters · 2025Pooled it
- A global assessment of animal community responses to agricultural management.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Article
- Perceived Effects of Agri-Environmental Management Practices on Public Good Delivery.Environmental management · 2026Article
- Narrowing farmland biodiversity knowledge gaps with Digital Agriculture.NPJ sustainable agriculture · 2026Review
- Pathways to productivity: how functional ecosystem service flow determines crop yield in prairie landscape.Landscape ecology · 2026Article
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- Linking the edible plant microbiome and human gut microbiome.Gut microbes · 2025Review
- Strip cropping shows promising increases in ground beetle community diversity compared to monocultures.eLife · 2025Article
- Impacts of Climate, Organic Management, and Degradation Status on Soil Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Worldwide.Global change biology · 2025Article
- The impact of asbestos cement pollution in irrigation water on physiological and germination characteristics of Trifolium pratense, Medicago sativa, and Solanum lycopersicum seeds.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Investigating the effects of the main agronomic interventions on carabids and spiders in European arable fields: A systematic review protocol.Environmental evidence · 2025Review
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- Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops.NPJ sustainable agriculture · 2025Review
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- Fatty acids and secondary metabolites can predict grass-finished beef and supplemental cattle feeds.NPJ science of food · 2024Article
- What evidence exists on the effect of the main European lowland crop and grassland management practices on biodiversity indicator species groups? a systematic map.Environmental evidence · 2024Article
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Abstract
Intensive agriculture for food and feed production is a key driver of global biodiversity loss. It is generally assumed that more extensive practices are needed to reconcile food production with biodiversity conservation. In a literature review across biomes and for seven taxa, we retrieved 35 alternative practices (e.g. no-tillage, cover crops, organic fertilizer) from 331 studies. We found that no single practice enhanced all taxonomic groups, but that overall less intensive agricultural practices are beneficial to biodiversity. Nevertheless, often practices had no effects observed and very rarely contrasting impacts on aboveground versus belowground taxa. Species responses to practices were mostly consistent across biomes, except for fertilization. We conclude that alternative practices generally enhance biodiversity, but there is also variation in impacts depending on taxonomic group or type of practice. This suggests that a careful selection of practices is needed to secure biodiversity across taxa in future food systems worldwide.
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