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Bats are key to pest control in agriculture

Scientists from the University of the Basque Country and the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has studied a colony of bent-winged bat in the southern Iberian Peninsula. This colony of bats...

Waterfowl disperse weeds and alien plants in crops and wetlands, study finds

The study led by the CSIC confirms that greylag geese spread several plant species between different habitats 300 kilometres from their origin.
Scientists have analyzed faecal samples and the...

An intensive farming system that benefits biodiversity and pollination is not economically profitable

• An international scientific team, with the participation of the Doñana Biological Station, shows that maintaining grasslands adjacent to crop fields increases the abundance and diversity of wild...

The European ShowCase project will help build bridges between agriculture and biodiversity conservation

Biodiversity on farmland is steeply declining throughout Europe and society at large is increasingly concerned about the loss of public goods, such as iconic local fauna and cultural landscapes. In...
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