Using the EU's Common Agricultural Policy to improve the habitat for farmland birds in landscapes with excessively large arable fields: Buffer strips in Slovakia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F25%3A10500181" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/25:10500181 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61989592:15310/25:73634210

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=tM5y06Ya8t" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=tM5y06Ya8t</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109461" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.agee.2024.109461</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Using the EU's Common Agricultural Policy to improve the habitat for farmland birds in landscapes with excessively large arable fields: Buffer strips in Slovakia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Buffer strips are a key element of the EU&apos;s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2023-2027 in addressing declines of farmland bird populations triggered by agricultural intensification. Here, we focus on a voluntary ecoscheme in Slovakia, a country in Central-Eastern Europe, where farmers implement buffer strips to counter challenges posed by extensive fields and a lack of nonproductive areas. Based on experience from other countries, buffer strips may support farmland bird populations, but results from landscapes characterised by excessively large arable fields (frequently covering 50 + ha), typical for some former socialist Central-Eastern European countries including Slovakia, are lacking. This study involves 11 farms participating in the whole farm ecoscheme, with 40 study sites (established in a paired design) selected for bird counts conducted in spring and summer 2023. The data contained records of 2060 bird individuals, representing 42 species. Buffer strips significantly enhanced bird abundance and species richness compared to control arable fields. Positive impacts were also found for threatened species, with ground-nesting birds benefiting the most. The higher abundance of granivorous, folivorous, and insectivorous species in the buffer strips highlights their diverse advantages. These results indicate that buffer strips emerge as crucial habitat that provides suitable nesting and foraging sites for farmland birds. Based on our results, we recommend continuing buffer strip support within CAP, emphasising reduced bureaucratic demands and enhanced financial incentives. The findings underscore the importance of agri-environmental measures in the maintenance of farmland bird species, which applies to landscapes dominated by large fields. Future research should evaluate the broader effectiveness of the eco-scheme, for example, by focussing on the long-term population trends of birds.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Using the EU's Common Agricultural Policy to improve the habitat for farmland birds in landscapes with excessively large arable fields: Buffer strips in Slovakia

Popis výsledku anglicky

Buffer strips are a key element of the EU&apos;s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2023-2027 in addressing declines of farmland bird populations triggered by agricultural intensification. Here, we focus on a voluntary ecoscheme in Slovakia, a country in Central-Eastern Europe, where farmers implement buffer strips to counter challenges posed by extensive fields and a lack of nonproductive areas. Based on experience from other countries, buffer strips may support farmland bird populations, but results from landscapes characterised by excessively large arable fields (frequently covering 50 + ha), typical for some former socialist Central-Eastern European countries including Slovakia, are lacking. This study involves 11 farms participating in the whole farm ecoscheme, with 40 study sites (established in a paired design) selected for bird counts conducted in spring and summer 2023. The data contained records of 2060 bird individuals, representing 42 species. Buffer strips significantly enhanced bird abundance and species richness compared to control arable fields. Positive impacts were also found for threatened species, with ground-nesting birds benefiting the most. The higher abundance of granivorous, folivorous, and insectivorous species in the buffer strips highlights their diverse advantages. These results indicate that buffer strips emerge as crucial habitat that provides suitable nesting and foraging sites for farmland birds. Based on our results, we recommend continuing buffer strip support within CAP, emphasising reduced bureaucratic demands and enhanced financial incentives. The findings underscore the importance of agri-environmental measures in the maintenance of farmland bird species, which applies to landscapes dominated by large fields. Future research should evaluate the broader effectiveness of the eco-scheme, for example, by focussing on the long-term population trends of birds.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA23-07103S" target="_blank" >GA23-07103S: Cesta k porozumění procesům zodpovědným za úbytek biodiverzity zemědělské krajiny: poučení od ptáků střední Evropy</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Agriculture, Ecosystems &amp; Environment

ISSN

0167-8809

e-ISSN

1873-2305

Svazek periodika

381

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

April

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

109461

Kód UT WoS článku

001432075200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85214249626