Mixed effectiveness of French agri-environment schemes for nationwide farmland bird conservation

Princé, Karine; Moussus, Jean‐Pierre; Jiguet, Frédéric

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2011.11.021

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“…There were no species for which changes in abundance were more negative on HLS farms. Most previous studies have found mixed (positive and negative) effects of AES management on changes in avian abundance (Davey et al, 2010b,c;Princé et al, 2012) or recorded higher avian densities on land managed under AES at a fixed point in time (e.g. Dallimer et al, 2010;Davey et al, 2010a;Field ., et al, 2010Batáry et al, 2011.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Higher-tier agri-environment scheme enhances breeding densities of some priority farmland birds in England

Bright

Morris

Field

et al. 2015

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Higher-tier agri-environment scheme enhances breeding densities of some priority farmland birds in England

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Morris

Field

et al. 2015

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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“…Around 25% of EU farmland is under AES (Science for Environment Policy, 2017), whereby farmers receive funding for land stewardship, such as provision of fallow land and creation of wildlife corridors (Kampmann, Lüscher, Konold, & Herzog, 2012). AES have been the main tool in European farmland conservation for over 30 years, but evaluations of their performance have returned mixed results (Batáry et al, 2015;Ekroos, Olsson, Rundlöf, Wätzold, & Smith, 2014;Kleijn, Rundlöf, Scheper, Smith, & Tscharntke, 2011;Princé, Moussus, & Jiguet, 2012). Although the schemes can alleviate population declines, they might not always be able to reverse them (Gamero et al, 2017).…”

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Population responses of farmland bird species to agri‐environment schemes and land management options in Northeastern Scotland

Daskalova

Phillimore

Bell

et al. 2019

Journal of Applied Ecology

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1. The decline of farmland birds across Europe is a well-documented case of biodiversity loss, and despite land stewardship supported by funding from agrienvironment schemes (AES), the negative trends have not yet been reversed. 2. To investigate the contribution of AES towards farmland bird conservation, we compared abundance of five farmland bird species across 13 years and 53 farms (158 farm years = AES, 72 farm years = non AES) in Northeastern Scotland (UK), a region with relatively mixed farmland. 3. Between 2003 and 2015, on both AES and control farms, skylark (Alauda arvensis) showed a nonsignificant decline, and tree sparrow (Passer montanus) and yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) nonsignificant increases, whereas reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) and linnet (Carduelis cannabina) populations remained relatively stable.4. We did not detect a significant association between AES and avian abundance or population trends for any of these species, but there were positive associations with some AES management options. 5. Possible explanations for the lack of a significant AES-bird abundance association include poor uptake of the best AES options for farmland birds, suboptimal implementation, spill-over effects from AES onto control farms, and the relatively good state of farmland habitats outwith AES in Northeastern Scotland.6. Synthesis and applications. We documented a weak effect size of participation in agrienvironment schemes on farmland bird abundance. We therefore recommend future monitoring studies be designed after consulting a power analysis. Among different land management options, we found that species-rich grasslands, water margins, and wetland creation enhanced breeding bird abundance, highlighting the importance of relatively undisturbed herbaceous or grassland vegetation for farmland conservation. K E Y W O R D Sagriculture, agri-environment schemes, farmland birds, low-intensity farmland, multimembership, offset, passerine, spatial statistics This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…To date, agri-environment schemes (AES), which are the main available mechanism likely to mitigate the negative effects of farming practices over large areas (Vickery et al, 2004), have not succeeded in halting the on-going, large-scale negative trends in farmland bird populations (Breeuwer et al, 2009;Davey et al, 2010;Princé et al, 2012). AES principles could be improved to better offset the detrimental consequences of modern agriculture on biodiversity.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

How to sustain meadow passerine populations in Europe through alternative mowing management

Broyer

Sukhanova²,

Mischenko³

2016

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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Mixed effectiveness of French agri-environment schemes for nationwide farmland bird conservation

Cited by 47 publications

References 36 publications

Higher-tier agri-environment scheme enhances breeding densities of some priority farmland birds in England

Higher-tier agri-environment scheme enhances breeding densities of some priority farmland birds in England

Population responses of farmland bird species to agri‐environment schemes and land management options in Northeastern Scotland

How to sustain meadow passerine populations in Europe through alternative mowing management

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