Anthropogenic landscapes can be rich in resources, and may in some cases provide potential habitat for species whose natural habitat has declined. We used remote videography to assess whether reintroducing individuals of the threatened New Zealand falcon Falco novaeseelandiae into a highly modified agricultural habitat affected the feeding rates of breeding falcons or related breeding behavior ...

Assessing water status and optimizing irrigation is of utmost importance in most winegrowing countries, as the grapevine vegetative growth, yield, and grape quality can be impaired under certain water stress situations. Conventional plant-based methods for water status monitoring are either destructive or time and labor demanding, therefore unsuited to detect the spatial variation of moisten co...

The biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) communities present in five Sardinian soils (Italy) subjected to different land-use (tilled vineyard, covered vineyard, pasture, managed meadow and cork-oak formation) was analysed using a pyrosequencing-based approach for the first time. Two regions of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene were considered as molecular target. The pyrosequencing produ...

Human use and degradation of coastal ecosystems is at an all-time high. Thus, a current challenge for environmental management and research is moving beyond ecological definitions of success and integrating socioeconomic factors. Projects and studies with this aim, however, have focused primarily on monetary valuations of ecosystem functions, overlooking the behaviors and psycho-social motivati...

The importance of soil biodiversity and soil-based ecosystem services in the context viticulture has recently been emphasized. Over 85% fauna species richness is represented by edaphic arthropod communities. Edaphic responses to characteristics management practices can be considered as good bioindicators quality. Here, 168 samples that were collected from 2014 2019 several vineyards different I...

Advantages of vineyard cover crops include soil conservation, nutrient and water cycling, a better growth–yield balance. They naturally promote agro-system biological multifunctionality, biocenosis, pest control. However, for the role on disease control, there is still lack information. We performed systematic evaluation management effects development two main pathogens: Plasmopara viticola Ery...

Viticulture began growing in Brazil recent years, and this growth is due to the introduction of new techniques improvements used vine planting, especially use plastic covering vineyard. Thus, study aimed evaluate economic viability installation, as well quality grapes produced by two cultivars, order compare these results with those obtained a conventional cultivation system. The experiment was...

The harvest operation for table-grapes and fresh market horticultural fruits is a large and expensive logistical challenge with the choice of harvest dates and locations playing a crucial role in determining the quality of the yield and in determining the efficiency and productivity gain of the entire operation. The choice of harvest dates and locations, particularly in red varieties, is planne...