They are for the most part a consequence of agricultural intensification which has considerably affected land cover and land use in recent decades.
The increasing amounts of Fe inorganic compounds in the more recent layers indicate a strong weathering and degradation, probably as a consequence of the intensification of the agricultural use.
Meadow birds breed in large numbers in the Netherlands, mainly on farmland, but their numbers have been declining as a consequence of agricultural intensification, urbanisation and predation, amongst other things.
"This video is interesting, but the lake drainage is just one consequence of the intensification of this whole process," said Kokelj in an interview.
A second major consequence of agricultural intensification is the requirement for increased (quantity or potency) pesticide use.
Over the course of the last 20 years survival rates for patients with Ewing sarcoma have increased as a consequence of therapy intensification, improvement of surgical techniques and radiotherapy.
Thus, the objectives of this systematic review are to determine if individual measures of intensified food production in the GMS have been shown to cause quantifiable negative impacts on human health, to make known risks associated with current regional intensification more assessable, and to make the consequences of further intensification more predictable.
Firstly, the negative consequences of agricultural intensification, such as habitat loss, fragmentation, and reduced prey abundance, are known to affect bat populations (Dietz et al. 2007; Mickleburgh et al. 2002) and have led to severe population declines, resulting in the current level of protection in Europe (Council of the European Union 1992).
In addition, we will investigate the potential consequences of medication intensification (e.g., initiation of insulin) by evaluating changes in body mass index and severe hypoglycemia.
