Meeting the ecological challenges of agricultural change: editors’ introduction

Post‐war changes in arable farming and biodiversity in Great Britain

2002 • 1,475 citations

How effective are European agri‐environment schemes in conserving and promoting biodiversity?

2003 • 1,458 citations

Changes in the abundance of farmland birds in relation to the timing of agricultural intensification in England and Wales

2000 • 935 citations

The management of lowland neutral grasslands in Britain: effects of agricultural practices on birds and their food resources

2001 • 724 citations

Population Declines and Range Contractions among Lowland Farmland Birds in Britain

1995 • 686 citations

Linking agricultural practice to insect and bird populations: a historical study over three decades

2002 • 674 citations

The impact of agricultural practices on biodiversity

1995 • 668 citations

Plant traits as predictors of performance in ecological restoration

2003 • 505 citations

Trends in the abundance of farmland birds: a quantitative comparison of smoothed Common Birds Census indices

1998 • 468 citations

The Rise of the Concept of Scale in Ecology

2001 • 423 citations

Restoration of species‐rich grassland on arable land: assessing the limiting processes using a multi‐site experiment

2002 • 416 citations

Effects of increased soil nitrogen on the dominance of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert

2003 • 340 citations

Bat activity and species richness on organic and conventional farms: impact of agricultural intensification

2003 • 302 citations

River rehabilitation and fish populations: assessing the benefit of instream structures

2003 • 250 citations

Genetically Modified Crops and Hybridization with Wild Relatives: A UK Perspective

1993 • 247 citations

How important is climate? Effects of warming, nutrient addition and fish on phytoplankton in shallow lake microcosms

2003 • 238 citations

Effects of agricultural intensification on the breeding success of corn buntings Miliaria calandra

2000 • 238 citations

Assessing the suitability of central European landscapes for the reintroduction of Eurasian lynx

2002 • 234 citations

Termite assemblage collapse along a land‐use intensification gradient in lowland central Sumatra, Indonesia

2003 • 230 citations

Predicting plant species’ responses to grazing

2001 • 227 citations

The selection of stubble fields by wintering granivorous birds reflects vegetation cover and food abundance

2002 • 220 citations

Predictions of Biodiversity Response to Genetically Modified Herbicide-Tolerant Crops

2000 • 215 citations

Relationships between livestock management and the ecological condition of riparian habitats along an Australian floodplain river

2001 • 215 citations

The importance of arable habitat for farmland birds in grassland landscapes

2001 • 214 citations

An introduction to the Farm‐Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide‐tolerant crops

2003 • 204 citations

Enhancing insect diversity in agricultural grasslands: the roles of management and landscape structure

2001 • 204 citations

Long‐term, livestock‐mediated redistribution of nitrogen and phosphorus in an East African savanna

2003 • 203 citations

Abundance and composition of plant species along grazing gradients in Australian rangelands

2003 • 197 citations

Large‐scale habitat selection by agricultural steppe birds in Spain: identifying species–habitat responses using generalized additive models

2002 • 197 citations

Refuge habitats modify impact of insecticide disturbance on carabid beetle communities

2001 • 195 citations

Effects of Phalaris arundinacea and nitrate‐N addition on the establishment of wetland plant communities

2002 • 190 citations

The effects of the intensification of agriculture on northern temperate dung beetle communities

2003 • 185 citations

Annual losses of weed seeds due to predation in organic cereal fields

2003 • 184 citations

Weeds in fields with contrasting conventional and genetically modified herbicide–tolerant crops. I. Effects on abundance and diversity

2003 • 181 citations

Soil microbial community, fertility, vegetation and diversity as targets in the restoration management of a meadow grassland

2003 • 176 citations

Soil seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetlands after farming

2003 • 162 citations

Modelling the emergence response of weed seeds to burial depth: interactions with seed density, weight and shape

2003 • 156 citations

Design, analysis and statistical power of the Farm‐Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide‐tolerant crops

2003 • 150 citations

The relative importance of cattle grazing in subtropical grasslands: does it reduce or enhance plant biodiversity?

2003 • 143 citations

The impact of cattle ranching on large‐scale vegetation patterns in a coastal savanna in Tanzania

2003 • 142 citations

Invertebrate responses to the management of genetically modified herbicide–tolerant and conventional spring crops. I. Soil-surface-active invertebrates

2003 • 142 citations

The benefits of extensive agriculture to birds: the case of the little bustard

2001 • 136 citations

On the rationale and interpretation of the Farm Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops

2003 • 133 citations

Scale‐related effects of grazing on native plant communities in an arid rangeland region of South Australia

2002 • 131 citations

Habitat associations of European hares Lepus europaeus in England and Wales: implications for farmland management

2003 • 129 citations

Testing large‐scale hypotheses using surveys: the effects of land use on the habitats, invertebrates and birds of Himalayan rivers

2000 • 129 citations

Restoration in applied ecology: editor's introduction

2003 • 127 citations

A novel approach to the use of genetically modified herbicide tolerant crops for environmental benefit

2003 • 117 citations

Current issues with fish and fisheries: editor's overview and introduction

2003 • 117 citations

The distribution and colony size of barn swallows in relation to agricultural land use

2002 • 110 citations

Mediating mutualisms: farm management practices and evolutionary changes in symbiont co‐operation

2002 • 109 citations

Population structure of Salvia pratensis in relation to vegetation and management of Dutch dry floodplain grasslands

2001 • 106 citations

Changes in population biology of two succulent shrubs along a grazing gradient

2003 • 101 citations

Soil seed banks and the effects of meadow management on vegetation change in a 10‐year meadow field trial

2002 • 98 citations

Aerial activity of linyphiid spiders: modelling dispersal distances from meteorology and behaviour

2003 • 97 citations

Editors' Introduction: Birds and Agriculture

2000 • 96 citations

Is habitat linearity important for small mammal communities on farmland?

2002 • 94 citations

Habitat manipulation in lucerne Medicago sativa: arthropod population dynamics in harvested and ‘refuge’ crop strips

2002 • 83 citations

Isotopic investigation of denitrification in a riparian ecosystem in western France

2003 • 77 citations

The rapid emergence of genetic modification in world agriculture: contested risks and benefits

2001 • 73 citations

Predicting the response of farmland bird populations to changing food supplies

2003 • 70 citations

Population structure and establishment of the threatened long‐lived perennial Scorzonera humilis in relation to environment

2002 • 70 citations

Effects of reduced grazing on population density and breeding success of black grouse in northern England

2002 • 69 citations

Indirect effects of grazing and nutrient addition on the hemipteran community of heather moorlands

2003 • 68 citations

The effect of transgenic nematode resistance on non‐target organisms in the potato rhizosphere

2002 • 65 citations

Impact of locust control on harvester termites and endemic vertebrate predators in Madagascar

2003 • 64 citations

Genetically Modified Crops and the Environment

2000 • 55 citations

Evidence of pesticide resistance in medium‐sized mammalian pests: a case study with 1080 poison and Australian rabbits

2002 • 55 citations

Releasing genetically modified organisms: will any harm outweigh any advantage?*

2000 • 55 citations

Transgenic weed beets: possible, probable, avoidable?

2002 • 54 citations

Nitrogen: the essential public enemy

2003 • 51 citations

Comparing biological productivity in cropping systems: a competition approach

2002 • 47 citations

The uptake of applied ecology

2002 • 44 citations

The effects of flooding and livestock on post‐dispersal seed predation in river red gum habitats

2002 • 44 citations

Response of wild wheat populations to grazing in Mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of defoliation, competition, mulch and genotype

2002 • 41 citations

Horizontal Transfer of DNA From GM Crops to Bacteria and to Mammalian Cells

2001 • 29 citations