Changes in plant and arthropod biodiversity on lowland farmland: an overview.

Abstract

To match the data collected elsewhere to quantify the declines in farmland birds, other data sets were examined to illustrate the changes in the biodiversity of plants and arthropod groups on lowland farmland. The findings from several sources of data collected in the UK regarding vascular plants, bryophytes and arthropods are summarised. It is concluded that apart from some species of grass weeds, common broadleaved weeds and most aphid species, many species occupying farmland, for which information is available, are in decline.