Domínguez Conde, JesúsGiménez de Azcárate Cornide, JoaquínSmith, Henrik G.Goded Millán, Sandra2019-02-042019-02-042019http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18234The agricultural and forest practices affect biodiversity. This thesis studied how different agricultural and forest management practices affect the biodiversity that depends on the agro-forestry environments of North-West Spain. All birds, butterflies and plants benefited from organic farming, with higher species richness and abundance in organic than conventional farms. In addition, organic farming resulted in a higher functional diversity of butterflies. Finally, all bird and plant species richness and diversity were higher in native forests than Eucalyptus plantations. Organic agriculture and native forests play a key role for biodiversity, and they should be prioritised in order to conserve biodiversity in North-West Spain.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/BiodiversityOrganic farmingNative Atlantic forestsEucalyptus plantationsMaterias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2401 Biología animal (zoología)::240106 Ecología animalMaterias::Investigación::24 Ciencias de la vida::2417 Biología vegetal (botánica)::241713 Ecología vegetaldoctoral thesisopen access