Clive Hurford

• Aberystwyth University

National-level mapping of crop types is important to monitor food security, understand environmental conditions, inform optimal use of the landscape, and contribute to agricultural policy. Countries or economic regions currently and increasingly use satellite sensor data for classifying crops over large areas. However, most methods have been based...

The chapters of this volume describe the transformation of Europe’s arable biodiversity during the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first. A large number of species have declined and disappeared in response to the huge changes in farming methods especially since the 1940s. Many of these species are totally reliant on the continua...

Gupton Farm supported a nationally important arable flora and fauna until the summer of 2013, when the landowners ended the tenancy agreement and took over the management of the site. Thereafter the landowners abandoned cultivation across large areas of the farm, including those areas hosting a diverse and abundant arable flora and a wintering popu...

This edited volume documents the current nature conservation status of arable habitats in Europe. Arable farming systems have evolved in the European landscape over more than ten thousand years and now occupy nearly 30% of the European land area. They support species that have life cycles closely synchronised with traditional cereal growing, many o...

The history, taxonomy and conservation of one of the most threatened orchids in northern Europe. Reviews the population trends in East Anglia and South Wales and recent conservation work to maintain the species.

The predicted changes to global weather patterns and increases in the human population will put unprecedented pressure on European freshwater habitats and the species that depend on them. Our success in conserving the ecological value of these habitats will depend greatly on carefully planned conservation management integrated with efficient and re...

Over the past 50 years, changing management practices have led to large-scale habitat degradation and loss in Europe. Monitoring has an important role to play in restoring the conservation interest of these habitats, many of which have a history of cultural land use. This book highlights the need for effective communication between ecologists, cons...