A5044733772- Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Plant and soil sciences
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Agricultural and Food Production Studies
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
2020-2024
Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya
2018-2024
Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
2018-2021
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2021
Universitat de Barcelona
2014-2020
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
2018
Spontaneous plant species in agricultural systems (i.e., weeds) are bound to become key ecological indicators of agroecosystem resilience as they show high sensitivity management, while ensure the assembly multiple functions. Here we used response-effect functional framework on spontaneous growing both organic and conventional vineyards, assess whether their communities respond contrasted farming soil conditions according its competitive response provisioning pollination services. The...
Abstract Land‐use change can disrupt associations between different trophic groups, but it is unclear if habitat restoration recover these associations. In Sweden, efforts have been applied to increase areas of semi‐natural grassland previously remaining as small fragments due abandonment. We assessed how the plant and pollinator communities be modified by abandonment restoration, together with landscape connectivity. surveyed plant, hoverfly bee in 10 abandoned, 18 restored intact...
Invasive alien species have widespread impacts on native biodiversity and ecosystem services. Since the number of introductions worldwide is continuously rising, it essential to prevent entry, establishment spread new through a systematic examination future potential threats. Applying three-step horizon scanning consensus method, we evaluated non-established that could potentially arrive, establish cause major ecological impact in Spain within next 10 years. Overall, identified 47 with very...
Abstract Questions Do both current and past (short‐term) farming practices landscape characteristics have an effect on the diversity of characteristic rare arable plant communities in organic fields? What is role farm management strategies, apart from spatial configuration, determining components these species sets? Location Thirty‐two farms scattered across NE Spain (Catalonia). Methods Specialist fields, belonging to Secalietalia cerealis Br‐Bl. 1936, were surveyed at edges organically...
The intensification of farming practices has reduced weed infestations, but it also led to a reduction in diversity and changes species composition. These effects are well described for aboveground flora; however, is less clear how these might be expressed the soil seedbank. We evaluated different long-term farm management strategies on seedbank abundance, diversity, community composition DOK (bioDynamic, bioOrganic, Konventionell) field trial established 1978 at Therwil, Switzerland....
Summary Fertiliser application is considered crucial for determining the crop–weed competition relationship by stimulating plant growth and modulating below‐ground (soil nutrients) above‐ground resources (e.g. light space). Segetal species, those preferentially inhabiting cereal fields, have suffered a strong decline, owing to agricultural intensification. Under continued pressure, particularly rarest species may disappear. In this study, we aimed assess competitive ability of common rare...
Agri-Environment Schemes (AES) have long been implemented across Europe to incentivise farmers alter their management practices improve biodiversity and water, air soil quality. However, the cost-effectiveness of traditional action-based schemes has questioned, Result-Based Payment (RBP) recommended as an alternative. To evaluate effectiveness actions, RBP approaches often rely on indicator species monitor changes in environmental conditions. The selection appropriate for follows several...
Conferences are ideal platforms for studying gender gaps in science because they important cultural events that reflect barriers to women academia. Here, we explored women’s participation ecology conferences by analyzing female representation, behavior, and personal experience at the 1st Meeting of Iberian Society Ecology (SIBECOL). The conference had 722 attendees, 576 contributions, 27 scientific sessions. attendees presenters was balanced (48/52% women/men), yet only 29% contributions a...
Abstract Questions: The assembly of arable weed communities is the result local filtering by agricultural management and crop competition. Therefore, soil seed banks can reflect effects long‐term cumulative field sequences on communities. Moreover, provide strong estimates future problems but also potential plant diversity associated ecological functions. For this, we evaluated different farming systems under same rotation sequence abundance, community bank, as well functional composition....
Abstract The intensification of farming practices, along with the loss and fragmentation semi‐natural habitats within agricultural areas, has contributed significantly to insect decline worldwide including flower‐visiting aculeate Hymenoptera. In this study Hymenoptera were collected using bi‐directional Malaise traps placed farmland linear across a range intensities. aim was further our understanding value group in particular Vespinae, an understudied subfamily. Overall, greater species...
Abstract While the value of linear farm habitats for protection and enhancement farmland biodiversity in general is known, less understood about their contribution to Diptera, especially those with different ecological requirements. In this study, we examined impact a range agricultural grassland on Syrphidae Sciomyzidae (Diptera) both which provide important ecosystem services. Species richness abundance each family were measured across five habitat types (dense open hedgerows with/without...
Abstract Characteristic arable weed species of dryland cereal fields have undergone significant declines, due to agricultural intensification, the point that some them are considered rare. Crop edges host higher abundances species, therefore they may act as a refuge for conservation these rare species. Using mesocosms, we experimentally tested how conditions at field (i.e. lower sowing densities and less intensive fertiliser applications) operate on growth (biomass height) reproduction...
Globally, pollinating insects face significant pressure, largely due to intensively managed agricultural systems. There has been considerable focus on the provision of resources for pollinators in landscapes, but without understanding how existing farmland habitats affect there is a risk these conservation actions could fail. The aim this study was explore relationships between quantity, diversity, and quality on-farm with pollinator communities. To meet aim, pollinator, floral habitat...
Ecologically functioning soils are increasingly viewed as a key component of sustainable agriculture, means sequestering carbon and major contributor to farmland biodiversity. It is generally considered that intensively managed agricultural systems associated with reduced soil health require high chemical inputs maintain nutrients. important, therefore, clarify which parameters exhibit clear differences between high- low-intensity farm management and, subsequently, might then be meaningful...
Stone walls are ubiquitous field boundaries used to restrict livestock movement or separate property. Bryophytes and lichens often the dominant vegetation in dry stone strongly affected by local microhabitat characteristics. related metrics can be define habitat quality of walls. The current study assessed how richness cover bryophytes macrolichens each other different environmental variables farm management descriptors determined both groups were sampled on sixteen farms across a intensity...
Rotchés-Ribalta, R. 2015. Efecto de las prácticas agrícolas y del paisaje sobre la flora segetal los secanos mediterráneos. Implicaciones para conservación. Ecosistemas 24(3): 98-102. Doi.: 10.7818/ECOS.2013.24-3.13