A review of the ecology and conservation of hedgerow invertebrates in Britain

Maudsley, Martin

doi:10.1006/jema.2000.0362

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“…These figures alone indicate that hedgerows may be key habitat features for macromoths within agricultural landscapes. This result supports the findings from previous studies that hedgerows are important habitat features for invertebrates within agricultural landscapes and more specifically for butterflies and moths (Maudsley 2000;Dover 1990;Merckx et al 2010b;Slade et al 2013). Other researchers have found that butterflies may be using hedgerows as wildlife corridors and these results suggest that moths are also using hedges in a similar manner nocturnally (Dover 1990).…”

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The use of hedgerows as flight paths by moths in intensive farmland landscapes

2016

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Linear boundary features such as hedgerows are important habitats for invertebrates in agricultural landscapes. Such features can provide shelter, larval food plants and nectar resources. UK butterflies are known to rely on such features, however their use by moths is understudied. With moth species suffering from significant declines, research into their ecology is important. This research aimed to determine whether UK moth species are using hedgerows as flight paths in intensive farmland. The directional movements of moths were recorded along hedgerows at 1, 5 and 10 m from the hedgerow face. The majority of moths recorded within the study were observed at 1 m from the hedgerow (68 %), and of these individuals, 69 % were moving parallel in relation to the hedge. At further distances, the proportion of parallel movements was reduced. These results suggest that hedgerows may be providing sheltered corridors for flying insects in farmland landscapes, as well as likely providing food plants and nectar resources, emphasising the importance of resourcebased approaches to conservation for Lepidoptera.

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Section: Discussion Moth Abundance and Hedgerow Proximitysupporting

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The use of hedgerows as flight paths by moths in intensive farmland landscapes

2016

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“…Hedgerows provide a habitat or food resources for a wide range of plants and animals (e.g. Green and Sears, 1994;Petit and Burel, 1998;Dover and Sparks, 2000;Hinsley and Bellamy, 2000;Maudsley, 2000;McCollin et al, 2000;Michel et al, 2006;Reif et al, 2008), including fauna that control agricultural pests (Marshall, 1988). Moreover, they are of high relevance to landscape connectivity (Forman and Baudry, 1984;Baudry et al, 2003;Molnarova, 2008) and also increase landscape heterogeneity (Hoobs, 1992;Quin and Burel, 2002), which not only provides ecological benefits but also has a positive influence on the visual quality of the landscape (Hunziker, 1995;de la Fuente de Val et al, 2006).…”

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Remnants of medieval field patterns in the Czech Republic: Analysis of driving forces behind their disappearance with special attention to the role of hedgerows

Sklenička

Janečková

Brabec

et al. 2009

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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“…Based on the GlM the majority of higher taxa tended to occur in higher numbers close to both types of boundaries (Table 3), where there may be specific microclimates and sheltered environments for these animals (Maudsley, 2000;Merckx et al, 2009). In contrast, the abundance of beetles and spiders was significantly higher in the centre of the meadows, i.e., furthest from both types of boundary (Table 3).…”

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Responses of grassland arthropods to various biodiversity-friendly management practices: Is there a compromise?

Mazalová¹,

Šipoš²,

Rada³

et al. 2015

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. The rich species pool in semi-natural grasslands is associated with high spatial and temporal heterogeneity. This empirical study is one of the first to jointly analyze the response of orders, individual species and functional richness of arthropods to particular management practices and to linear landscape features, such as strips of grass and belts of trees. Mostly it was the less mobile, flightless taxa that were negatively affected by immediate disturbance caused by mowing. At a larger time-scale, grasslands managed by mowing once every year, and especially by a combined regime of mowing and grazing, supported the highest species richness of butterflies and beetles. Most functional diversity measures reached maximum values soon after mowing. Both strips of grass and belts of trees substantially affected the invertebrate community structure as the majority of taxa were positively associated with these linear features. Based on our results, we propose postponing mowing to later in the year, mowing in gradual stages, maintaining uncut strips primarily along permanent landscape features and establishing both strips of grass and belts of trees in submontane grassland environments.

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A review of the ecology and conservation of hedgerow invertebrates in Britain

Cited by 93 publications

References 55 publications

The use of hedgerows as flight paths by moths in intensive farmland landscapes

The use of hedgerows as flight paths by moths in intensive farmland landscapes

Remnants of medieval field patterns in the Czech Republic: Analysis of driving forces behind their disappearance with special attention to the role of hedgerows

Responses of grassland arthropods to various biodiversity-friendly management practices: Is there a compromise?

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