Jeremy D. Wilson

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the loss of ecological heterogeneity at multiple spatial and temporal scales is a universal consequence of multivariate agricultural intensification and that future research should develop cross-cutting policy frameworks and management solutions that recreate that heterogeneity as the key to restoring and sustaining biodiversity in temperate agricultural systems.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the impacts on biodiversity of organic farming, relative to conventional agriculture, through a review of comparative studies of the two systems, in order to determine whether it can deliver on the biodiversity benefits its proponents claim.

TL;DR: The drive to squeeze ever more food from the land has sent Europe's farmland wildlife into a precipitous decline as discussed by the authors, and how can agricultural policy be reformed so that we have fewer grain mountains and more skylarks?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used extensive atlas and census data to assess trends in the distribution and population levels of birds on lowland farmland in Britain between the late 1960s and early 1990s.

TL;DR: Overall, intensification and specialisation of arable and grassland systems is likely to have reduced the availability of key invertebrate and seed foods for birds, however, there is also evidence that reversal of intensification, especially in arable systems can result in rapid recovery of these resources.